What control does the west have over their tools?
They write the software themselves. They make the devices themselves.
The West has 0 leverage.
They write the software themselves. They make the devices themselves.
The West has 0 leverage.
How about trade policies that take into account human rights?
Unless you include western politicians and newspapers among "their tools". In that case, you're right, we have no hope of exercising leverage.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/google-misses-out-on-billion...
Why? Someone should press Tim Cook about this.
This would do nothing to stop this, but might really be a problem for them.