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I think you're confused. US companies do a lot of bad stuff and our government is completely ineffectual at curtailing that "bad stuff."

What you're seeing is a reasonable response by an effectual government protecting its people. It's an odd sight to most Americans for sure, but maybe we could learn something from it.

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"bad stuff" is not the exclusive purview of US companies, nor does this example qualify.

One accomplishment of theirs is convincing some naive Americans that selectively punishing US firms and chipping away at US influence and might is a "good thing".

> is not the exclusive purview of US companies,

It's not and no one said it was.

>some naive Americans that selectively punishing US firms and chipping away at US influence and might is a "good thing".

I'd like our government to do the same. Your opinion is needlessly nationalist without any real reason.

The euros' incentives are clear, what's our government's incentive to destroy some of our most innovative, successful, and market defining companies?

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