I agree with you overall but I would crop a major part of your argument: > Also we should insist that quid-pro-quo policies be implemented - if China wants to

I agree with you overall but I would crop a major part of your argument: > Also we should insist that quid-pro-quo policies be implemented - if China wants to ban our tech companies and control anything and everything on their shores, we need to treat them the same way they treat us. You don't actually want TikTok in the US to ban all mention of LGBTQ rights, Taiwan, and Whiney The Poo, do you? Those are the rules for TikTok in China; applying them the US would not be a good thing. But I think the rest of your point is spot on. I don't see why the US should allow TikTok in its country if China doesn't allow Facebook in their country, just on pure economic/free-trade grounds.