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by ethbr1 958 days ago
The party across the table is the US Dept of State, and all its friends. A reasonable person probably doesn't want to be on the other side of that.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arm...

SpaceX would only be willing to make that jump if it were fine never getting a contract from the US government again, which means the US economy and/or state imploded.