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by jotato 2980 days ago
How can the EU punish a business with no EU location? An American company is not bound by another countries laws
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If you do business within a country and that country rules against you, they can certainly stop you doing business within that country.

They can also file a case in the country that you do belong you to get you to pay your fines in the original country. This sometimes works.

A company is bound by the laws of every country it does business in under threat of not being able to continue doing business there.