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What's the plan for enforcing it? Did the United States sign off on it? In my opinion they need the US buy-in, and there actually need to be criminal penalties
by ilaksh 4y ago
What's the plan for enforcing it? Did the United States sign off on it?
In my opinion they need the US buy-in, and there actually need to be criminal penalties enforced against top executives (jail time) and the other executives need to see it happen. Unless they do that stuff it seems like they may really try to ignore and delay and do the absolute minimum effort.
- hestefisk 4y agoIt’s EU law, not US law. US cannot sign off on EU law.
- seydor 4y agoconsidering the status of both companies as basically a duopoly, it will be hard for the US to object about unfair trade rules.
- arlcode 4y agoIf it comes so far (which I really doubt) as them simply ignoring it, their European Operations can be fined (directly through their bank accounts if need be) or their European employees can be jailed. They can also be disallowed to do business with European consumers and companies. In short: "The fines will continue until compliance improves. Get in line or get out of the market". They don't have much political leverage, given how few people they employ and how little taxes they pay over here. Their standing in the US isn't the best either so it's doubtful whether America is willing to invest much political capital over something she herself is considering.
- ilaksh 4y agoThey won't simply ignore it, but they will do the minimum amount they can possibly get away with, which will amount to effectively ignoring it.
- alaric410 4y agoThe European Union is a huge market. If Google or Apple doesn't comply then they say goodbye to those profits.