US TikTok ban aims to weaken China & protect Big Tech monopolies

The US government's plan to either ban TikTok or force owner ByteDance to sell it to a (US) company is part of Washington's economic war on China, and an attempt to protect Big Tech monopolies in Silicon Valley. Ben Norton explains.

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Topics
0:00 US Congress moves to ban TikTok
2:04 US tech war on China
6:12 India bans Chinese apps, giving US Big Tech total control
7:51 Protectionism or economic war?
9:18 Silicon Valley lobbied against TikTok
10:49 Donald Trump tried to ban TikTok... before doing 180
13:27 Role of Israel/Palestine/Gaza?
14:54 US trade war with Japan in 1980s
16:51 "Free market" fundamentalist hypocrisy
18:45 The Washington Consensus
20:24 US does not truly want "competition" with China
21:38 Outro

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