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This goes back to a complaint in 2022 and as mentioned in the very first sentence of the article similar rulings have already taken effect in several countries. Not everything is about Trump.

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Some ruling can be blocked for years in “legal proceeding” for example Uber with plenty evidence was ignored while in the same time European Glove was fighting crinal prosecution.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/uber-files-leak...

https://braveneweurope.com/spain-pioneering-criminal-complai...

I'm not taking a position on whether or not this is about Trump, but three years ago is recent enough to argue that we were already in the process of losing our dominant position.

Occum's razor...

There is an incredible amount of soft power applied in global politics and business. This why for example Google CEO have face to face meeting with prime ministers and this reported in news.

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