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June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

South Africa’s Digital Antitrust Regulations

South Africa’s aggressive use of competition law to impose mandatory payments, algorithmic changes, and operational requirements on U.S. technology platforms systematically undermines American competitive advantages.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

Nigeria’s Cross-Border Data Transfer Regulation

Nigeria’s Data Protection Act 2023 systematically undermines U.S. technology leadership by forcing American companies to transfer valuable technical capabilities to local entities through restrictive data transfer requirements that compress innovation cycles and erode competitive advantages.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

South Africa’s Discriminatory Merger Guidelines

South Africa’s digital merger guidelines systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies by forcing mandatory notifications for transactions that fall below standard thresholds, creating regulatory barriers that divert resources from innovation while enabling smaller competitors to expand unencumbered.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

Saudi Arabia’s Cross-Border Data Transfer Regulation

Saudi Arabia’s data transfer restrictions systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies by mandating costly compliance mechanisms and creating legal uncertainty that erodes American competitive advantages in cloud computing and digital services.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

Canada’s Cross-Border Data Transfer Regulation

Canada’s cross-border data transfer requirements systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies by forcing costly infrastructure fragmentation that undermines the economies of scale and innovation capabilities that drive American tech leadership.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

Indonesia’s Data Localization Regulation

Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 71 of 2019 (GR71) systematically disadvantages U.S. technology companies through mandatory registration requirements, government access provisions, and complex cross-border data transfer restrictions that force American firms to divert resources from innovation to compliance.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

Vietnam’s Digital Tax Policy

Vietnam’s new VAT law doubles the tax rate on foreign digital platforms from 5 to 10 percent, systematically increasing compliance costs for U.S. technology companies operating without permanent establishments in the country.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

India’s Content Moderation Regulation

India’s content moderation regulations systematically disadvantage U.S. technology companies through threshold-based requirements that force American platforms to divert resources from innovation to compliance.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

Thailand’s Content Moderation Regulation

Thailand’s December 2022 content moderation decree mandates U.S. technology platforms remove allegedly illegal content within 24 hours while forcing them to determine legality without judicial oversight, systematically disadvantaging American firms through operational burdens that undermine their competitive position in Southeast Asia.

June 9, 2025|Knowledge Base Articles

Vietnam’s Cross-Border Data Transfer Regulation

Vietnam’s cross-border data transfer regulation systematically disadvantages U.S. technology companies by imposing onerous assessment requirements and granting broad enforcement powers to security agencies, creating operational burdens that undermine American firms’ ability to compete effectively in Southeast Asia’s growing digital market.

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