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by kintamanimatt 4393 days ago
So long as they aren't domiciled in the US, American laws don't (or shouldn't) apply outside the US any more than British laws apply in the US.
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The US decided they could prosecute BNC because the transactions, completely legal where BNC was doing business, we're in US dollars. It took a $10 billion fine to finally get France to push back.
US law applies to products being sold to us citizens.
America's allies really need to sit Columbia down and have an intervention. It's been 238 years since she moved out of Britannia's house, and it's just been wild parties and wars of choice ever since. At some point, it really is time to settle down and start respecting the neighbors.
Your rant is misplaced. Every country in the world would claim jurisdiction over people trying to sell things in their country.