Corporations are increasingly multinational, and the stated 'national affiliation' is really just 'flag-of-convenience' (a notion that probably arose in the glo

Corporations are increasingly multinational, and the stated 'national affiliation' is really just 'flag-of-convenience' (a notion that probably arose in the global marine shipping industry, but which has spread everywhere). Look at the number of businesses incorporated in Delaware or other states that provide additional layers of legal shields as another example. As far as this, it's probably related to this story from one month ago (Oct 7 2022): https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/eu-says-shopify-improve-platform-make-online-shopping-safer-2022-10-07/ https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/eu-says-sho... > "Shopify committed to change the design of its templates to include fields for company information and contact details, to provide clear guidance to traders on relevant EU consumer law and to provide company details about any EU trader when requested by any national consumer authority. The company also agreed to take down web shops in breach of EU consumer law, as well as to provide the relevant company details."