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somebody78978 | 2 years ago

I don't think the U.S. government has the right to force a company to operate in another country.

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KRAKRISMOTT|2 years ago

However they do have the power to end a boycott, either directly or indirectly (see the laws passed by various states regarding refusing to do business with Israel).

giraffe_lady|2 years ago

The ones that criminalize participating in a boycott? A fourth grader can identity those as flatly unconstitutional.

fweimer|2 years ago

There's already a government office for exactly that: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/enforcement/oac

However, it does not apply in this case because the U.S. does not recognize Palestine as a country, and if that changes, it seems unlikely that it would be a country friendly to the United States.

hgsgm|2 years ago

Nor do legislators have the right to pursue US foreign policy. That's the executive's job