As expected. This will force all companies downstream to also adhere to the order irrespective of whether the company is situated within US or not. Protectionism at its finest.
It isn’t hypocritical.
It is obviously smart statecraft.
You're wrong. Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition.
This is not that.
> Protectionism is an economic policy where a government tries to protect domestic businesses and industries from foreign competition
This is exactly that.
I don't recall Western pundits saying it is smart statecraft when China erected the Great Firewall.
> Preventing your government services from being dependent on a geopolitical foe is not protectionism.
That is exactly protectionism.