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US tells French companies to comply with Donald Trump's anti-diversity order
- ggm 2y agoI think this has been ideated as win-win: if they cave in to demands, US foreign policy is seen to have influence worldwide. If they don't cave, it's net money savings. What they forget is the longterm: France will maintain independence, will fund research from from state funds, will attract science fleeing US regressive policies, will build IPR longterm. I think it's likely however, no amount of "adverse" outcome will cause a reversal because the current administration is both anti-science and anti-internationalist. It will be interesting to see if French adademic and research institutions drop into line.
- yorwba 2y agoThe order is "Department of State contractors must certify that they do not operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable anti-discrimination laws and agree that such certification is material for purposes of the government’s payment decision and therefore subject to the False Claims Act." A French company certifying that they comply with French anti-discrimination law is hardly a foreign-policy win, nor should it be seen as "caving in to demands."
- ggm 2y agoYou interpret this as applying to DEI laws and anti discrimination laws of the foreign country, in this case France, and everyone else including me interprets this as obligations on the foreign entity to conform to US DEI and new anti discrimination rules which forbid positive discrimination. Interesting difference.