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How ‘digital nationalism’ threatens to entrench Big Tech If governments continue this geopolitical maneuvering to control digital platforms, US-based big tech companies are likely to continue to dominate. An independent news and commentary website produced by academics and journalists. An independent news and commentary website produced by academics and journalists. The massive digital platform market has until recently been dominated by a handful of US-based companies such as Fac...

Policymakers need to overcome nationalistic impulses if they are to increase global competition in the international platform market.

Follow RT on Washington has long viewed the country as a crucial partner in a key region, but the new sanctions it's just imposed on the Addis Ababa government could backfire and push it closer to Beijing. It’s been a weekend of extraordinary developments in Washington’s relationship with Ethiopia, which have also been of a contradictory nature.  On Saturday, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) secured a contract with a consortium of companies to fund the country’s 5G network, on the condition the money isn’t used on Chinese telecoms giants Huawei and Z...

If we want to decentralise power online, governments will have to overcome their nationalistic impulses.

The DFC can become a real alternative to BRI if it partners with sister agencies in Free World countries, like the Interamerican Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Banks, and the International Finance Corporation. These banks should develop processes to synchronize and fast-track their due diligence and pool their resources.  The U.S. Export-Import Bank was re-authorized in 2019 to facilitate U.S. exports by providing financing when private lenders can’t. There are today 115 export credit agencies in 89 countries. In 2019, the U.S. export financings were ...