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by inigyou 13 days ago
No, because the rule is not that excess profits must go to the buyer's country - the rule is that excess profits must go to the US.

See also the story of TikTok.

At this point, doing business in the US is an existential risk to any company.
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villish 13 days ago
The US is a massive economy that businesses want access to. If it wasn't extremely profitable they would exit, but they don't. That should tell you all you need to know about any "risk".
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inigyou 13 days ago
The US is rapidly trying to destroy this status.
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