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Eric Schmidt was also at that dinner and was in favour of Samsung's import ban.

But Schmidt isn't sitting next to the president.

And...

Denotes level of influence.

Maybe it just denotes that Jobs was a bigger celebrity.

Maybe it was a sign of respect given Jobs' failing health.

Are you seriously suggesting that the corpse of Steve Jobs has more influence than Eric Schmidt?

Or are you seriously suggesting that a company that imports a few electronic gizmos has more influence than a company that has the single greatest practical influence over the internet?

That illustrates nothing and using it to suggest nefarious intent is childish in the extreme.

There is nothing nefarious about protectionism. Follow the money is an excellent principle if you want to understand why policy is made the way it is intervening (an exceptionally rare thing in the first place) on behalf of Apple makes perfect sense to me. I don't like it, but it does make sense.

exactly! when did wanting your country to win become a bad thing? nationalism in small doses is good!

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