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by thankthunk 2964 days ago
> does the US really try to enforce its export controls not just on our own country, but on foreign countries?

Yes. We run the international world order. Our sanctions are pretty much an international edict that all nations/companies have to adhere to. It's a perk of being the sole economic and military superpower and being the leader of the international world order since ww2.

> do we really expect to keep all our goods from making it there by way of third-parties?

Yes. Not only that, our national interests trump foreign countries'/companies' interests. We blocked a german company from selling itself to a chinese company.

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2051421/obama...