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The people calling those draconian had always been very naive - and 99% of them American, as such incentivized to take that stance. It was the right thing to do since day 1 and the people with more of a long-term vision outside the US have always been advocating for such things. While China is the most extreme, there are other countries which have also understood this importance of sovereignty and been smart enough to at least demand/construct meaningful degrees of it. Mostly in Asia and the Middle East. Not a single EU country was among them, which is why they're now scrambling.