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William Drake wrote:
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We would also like to include trade embargo issues on the Internet -
like denial of many services by US based companies to countries like
Iran and Syria, and well, also, Pakistan ( e-payment services for
instance). In fact, such trade embargo issues are mentioned in the
Vilnius program document. <br>
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Don't want you to think I'm a terminological stickler, but an embargo
is a governmental measure, different from a company's decision not to
operate in a given national market.<br>
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You of course know that Google, Microsoft and many other companies do
not extend some of their digital services to countries like Iran, Syria
etc because of US gov orders. So I do mean trade embargo in its meaning
of a governmental measure. As for non-availability of paypal in
Pakistan I suspect (just suspect) there may also be some US gov role
here but I am not so sure. Fouad who is leading a campaign on this can
tell more. <br>
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Parminder <br>
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