[Iv]

Anti-boycott regulations are highly hypocritical because indeed, they are designed for Israel but pretend to apply to all countries.

Thing is, even if it is just country of residence, it is still a discrimination on hiring and could very well be illegal unless there are strong legal reasons. E.g. "we have to do things that are illegal under the laws in country X, so we can't hire people there".

I think the main point of her position is that one should have an objective criterion to add countries into a blacklist and that none can realistically been done over privacy issues that would include China and Russia but not USA.

[lonelappde]

National borders are a strong legal reason. It's silly to have to write that down. Absent a treaty between nations, national borders are the borders of laws! The US government is currently in a trade war with China. Is that illegal discrimination? Regulating internatiinal relations is a core government responsibility.

No government would make it illegal for a company to choose not to do business in a non-ally foreign country. Millions of business already don't engage in many foreign countries, by default. Including yours, I bet. Why should they be required to do so?