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. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1I7reuh86CM Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/03/18/us-tiktok-ban-china-tech-monopolies/ 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