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If there was an organized boycott, the US Office of Antiboycott Compliance could stop that quickly. That's why most boycotts these days are not officially organ
by aprilthird2021 2y ago
If there was an organized boycott, the US Office of Antiboycott Compliance could stop that quickly. That's why most boycotts these days are not officially organized and spearheaded by any actual government or powerful body
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoNah that's not what they do. https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oac https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oac
- aprilthird2021 2y agoThey don't do it now. They would do it if a new organized boycott popped up because that's what they were invented to do. Plus Trump will surely utilize it if he ever feels the desire
- danans 2y agoAssuming law-following (which I realize the current administration doesn't care about), that agency's authority doesn't apply: "These authorities discourage, and in some circumstances, prohibit U.S. companies from taking certain actions in furtherance or support of a boycott maintained by a foreign country against a country friendly to the United States (unsanctioned foreign boycott)." So it's about US companies and foreign governments, not individual consumers purchase decisions
- aprilthird2021 2y agoYes I'm talking about in the context of companies, gov'ts, police departments, etc. I know it's not about personal decisions. One of the biggest hammers to the hypothetical boycott is this office which effectively criminalizes any company from partaking (going so far as to have to prove they considered the boycotted party for all deals / contracts / purchases / etc.)