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by 9283409232 380 days ago
Trump doesn't need to be so heavy handed in your imaginary scenario as this is covered by The Cloud Act. The data is still hosted by an American company so with a proper warrant, Amazon will be legally required to hand over data.
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In this scenario, the US parent company does not have physical access to the data, so it needs to request it from the EU subsidiary. The subsidiary then refuses the transfer to comply with German law.