It isn?t just the Europeans pushing back against control over their
data by US-based companies: now some African nations are getting into
the act as well <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/zambia-delaying-us-deals-over-minerals-and-data-demands>.

It doesn?t help, of course, that the US tries to use the leverage of
one deal (over health) to push through a separate one on minerals.
That kind of thing does smack somewhat of trying to pressure the other
party into a more favourable deal ...

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

It isn't just the Europeans pushing back against control over their
data by US-based companies: now some African nations are getting into
the act as well <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/zambia-delaying-us-deals-over-minerals-and-data-demands>.

It doesn't help, of course, that the US tries to use the leverage of
one deal (over health) to push through a separate one on minerals.
That kind of thing does smack somewhat of trying to pressure the other
party into a more favourable deal ...

Apparently there's an art to deal-making.

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On 05/05/2026 1:21 AM, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:

It isn?t just the Europeans pushing back against control over their
data by US-based companies: now some African nations are getting into
the act as well <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/zambia-delaying-us-deals-over-minerals-and-data-demands>.

It doesn?t help, of course, that the US tries to use the leverage of
one deal (over health) to push through a separate one on minerals.
That kind of thing does smack somewhat of trying to pressure the other
party into a more favourable deal ...

I did it long time ago. US is banned to extract my minerals and health.
Zambia got inspired, congratulation.
Nothing will change. Just headlines.

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On 2026-05-05, none <none@none.rip> wrote:

On 05/05/2026 1:21 AM, Lawrence D?Oliveiro wrote:

It doesn?t help, of course, that the US tries
to use the leverage of one deal (over health)
to push through a separate one on minerals.
That kind of thing does smack somewhat of
trying to pressure the other party into a more
favourable deal ...

I did it long time ago. US is banned to extract
my minerals and health. Zambia got inspired,
congratulation. Nothing will change. Just
headlines.

I changed my .signature. I hope Zambia likes it!

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On 05/05/2026 5:33 AM, oldernow wrote:

I changed my .signature. I hope Zambia likes it!

Watch out! Your post may offend people without a signature.

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On 2026-05-05, none <none@none.rip> wrote:

On 05/05/2026 5:33 AM, oldernow wrote:

I changed my .signature. I hope Zambia
likes it!

Watch out! Your post may offend people without
a signature.

It's hard to look down on people who don't
have anything to view when you look down.

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