For that there is the solution to create a company branch legally indipendent from the main one, so all the assets linked to it would be under the legislation of the state in which they are
Do you really think that IBM would jeopardize its enormous contracts with the US federal government because some subsidiary won't/can't get at data?
You have a lot to learn.
Are IBM's US government contracts larger than all their foreign business?
Didn't they lose the CIA's cloud computing contract to Amazon? How much international business are you willing to lose for the harsh US government mistress?