> If the US respected the law Whose law? The US is a sovereign nation. US law explicitly allows them to snoop on foreign entities/persons/data. GDPR doesn't

> If the US respected the law Whose law? The US is a sovereign nation. US law explicitly allows them to snoop on foreign entities/persons/data. GDPR doesn't have jurisdiction outside the EU. I wish it were otherwise, but it is not. The EU isn't a world government, it's a regional government/alliance, somewhat analogous to the US. The US often manipulates other nations to agreeing to pass laws that align to their policy goals globally, but ultimately it's a decision of sovereign nations to pass laws. I don't think the EU wants to call into question the entire concept of sovereignty in a policy conflict with the US, since the US is the a hegemony and one of only two global superpowers (and arguably the only one).