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It must be fully acceptable. There is zero legal distinction between foreign-owned companies and local ones. This is not China.

Of course then the infrastructure and control must be fully separated, which might be why MSFT did the deal you're talking about.

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> It must be fully acceptable. There is zero legal distinction between foreign-owned companies and local ones. This is not China.

Who is the "this" you're referring to? The US has forced this distinction into existence via the CLOUD Act, which applies to US-owned companies operating abroad.

The EU ought to deal with this fait accompli, and if that means reducing US companies' ability to operate in the EU as if they were in their home country, so be it. They can complain to their government about it.

But there are already many laws in many countries that distinguish. For example airlines where for example to count as a EU Airline more than 50% must be owned by EU citizens.

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