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It's not really "buy back" if you never owned the company in the first place though. In any case that is not really the way western governments handle strategic
by WJW 6y ago
It's not really "buy back" if you never owned the company in the first place though. In any case that is not really the way western governments handle strategic companies. The US government is not acquiring Intel or Lockheed any time soon, they just limit where it can export their products to.
- jayflux 6y ago> The US government is not acquiring Intel or Lockheed any time soon Well that's because the US government aren't worried about Intel being acquired by anyone else outside of the US anytime soon. Secondly, there's enough competition in the valley that even losing Intel wouldn't be a disaster for the US. The 2 situations aren't really the same.
- kelnos 6y agoSure, but there are other, much more politically tenable ways to keep Intel under US ownership than nationalizing the company.
- guerrilla 6y ago> In any case that is not really the way western governments handle strategic companies. Except for in Scandinavia where that is how they do (more so in the past than now.)