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TikTok. They can call it what ever they want (national security or national whatever) but if US companies had a better product then Americans would use it. Sad image for the US. 

I agree. Ban if you have good reason to ban. Show evidence and act accordingly. 

'Suspecting' this or that could happen and throwing everything under a 'national security' umbrella is doomed to failure. 

That failure itself would be OK if it only impacted the country taking the action. 

The problem is when you start demanding others follow suit (as the US does with its 'allies'). 

It won't work with places like China. Even now, Blinken is in China telling them what to do with their Russian interests - on their own soil. That is crazy.

Would US politicians accept someone from China landing in Washington and threatening action if they didn't get their way? 

Sadly, US interests (and with it, influence) are being impacted by foolhardy decisions of a few China hawks with influence. 

Non-US companies are wisely seeking to 'de-Americanise' for fear of being dumped onto some entity list, or worse, being required to stop doing business with someone simply because a small part of US technology is used in their equipment. All unilaterally. 

The best route from the get go was to out-compete/out-innovate rivals, not 'ban' them for reasons with zero supporting evidence. 

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-the-united-states-is-losing-the-tech-war-with-china

The Tik Tok situation is more paranoia than anything else.