Post Am67BFM6DAVBmxKgro by andrei_chiffa@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #Am3967sqBIptbKSBSC by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2024-09-16T04:29:42Z
       
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       suppose, hypothetically of course, that the owner of a key military supplier, upon whose products national security depends, is himself a grave security risk. is there nothing in American law that could force the security risk to divest?
       
 (DIR) Post #Am3ATAwj3o4HiLpF5M by andrei_chiffa@mastodon.social
       2024-09-16T04:45:02Z
       
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       @interfluidity US DoD is procuring drones from DJI. I really don’t think US nat. sec. are choosers for critical and unique product suppliers anymore, or have any laws in place to allow for such divesture.
       
 (DIR) Post #Am3BfqDRXwuZ8gFSJE by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2024-09-16T04:58:32Z
       
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       @andrei_chiffa DJI is a Chinese company. Regardless of American law, they have no power (other than their market power as a buyer) to force an ownership change. They do have recourse to finding or endowing alternative suppliers, which they are I believe working to do. However, an American supplier would present more options. The US state is certainly capable of forcing divestiture. Whether it would, or has given itself legal tools to do so, I don’t know.
       
 (DIR) Post #Am67BFM6DAVBmxKgro by andrei_chiffa@mastodon.social
       2024-09-17T14:52:18Z
       
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       @interfluidity my point is that if they are willing to accept an entity fully based in and controlled by a stated adversary, I doubt the supply chain concern are sufficient to trigger action about an eccentric and loud, but in the end domestic and domestic-quasimonopoly-providing CEO.
       
 (DIR) Post #Am695Q9hLP9pSGskHQ by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2024-09-17T15:13:41Z
       
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       @andrei_chiffa (i think they are not willing to accept that, and are striving now to diversify away from such dependencies.)
       
 (DIR) Post #Am6DYEy6PqpuyQSKWm by andrei_chiffa@mastodon.social
       2024-09-17T16:03:41Z
       
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       @interfluidity (although tbh I wrote it before I saw the tweet you are sub-tooting, so my point might not be valid in that context anymore)