Krugman, Paul
American way of economic war: Is Washington overusing its most powerful weapons?
- Foreign Affairs
- 103(1), Jan-Feb, 2024: p.150-156
Suppose that a company in Peru wants to do business with a company in Malaysia. It should not be hard for the firms to make a deal. Sending money across national borders is generally straightforward, and so is the international transfer of large quantities of data.
But there’s a catch: whether or not the companies realize it, their transactions of both financial information and data will almost certainly be indirect and will probably pass through the United States or institutions over which the U.S. government has substantial control. – Reproduced
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