In a nutshell this is a tariff war. They should have pursued their ideas about data privacy etc in international, multilateral venues.
The EU is only about 10% of the world's population and perhaps 20% of the world's GDP. What does, for example, China or India think about all this? Is the EU going to seek enforcement against Alibaba or Baidu or FlipKart (ok Walmart owns most of FlipKart now but you get my point I hope)? Latin America? Africa? Brooklyn?! Are APEC, ASEAN, CIS, GCC, DJT, etc (regional trade organizations) each going to launch their own "GDPR"? My guess: Some noise, some lawyers make a buttload* of money, other countries and multinational trade orgs begin resisting which attracts attention from their non-EU nation members, and then it's modified into oblivion. * Note: a "butt" is a standard English barrel measure, a large barrel, 108 imperial gallons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_brewery_cask_units#Butt -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
