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Absolute and total nonsense. Do you really think Apple and other multinationals could operate as profitably, or at all, without many of "those services." Enfo
by easp 15y ago
Absolute and total nonsense. Do you really think Apple and other multinationals could operate as profitably, or at all, without many of "those services."
Enforcement of Apple's intellectual property? Protection of their brand and trademarks? The contracts they rely on? The banks they rely on? Safe passage of ships and aircraft carrying raw materials and finished goods? The security and safety of their executives and engineers?
- yummyfajitas 15y agoEnforcement of Apple's intellectual property? Protection of their brand and trademarks?... These are all benefits received by Apple USA, which pays income taxes to the US. Apple's Chinese subsidiaries (which is what we were discussing) do not receive those benefits from the US government, and hence do not pay for them.
- easp 15y agoNo. We are talking about Apple. You may be talking only about Apple's Chineese subsidiaries. Even so, they do not exist in a vacuum, and it is foolish to think that Apple's IP, brand and trademarks would be as secure in China without the global system of IP protection that the US government has been instrumental in building.