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    US tells European companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order | Move signals push by American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad


    US tells European companies to comply with Donald Trump’s anti-diversity order | Move signals push by American president to widen his ideological campaign abroad

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    1. ONETRILLIONAMERICANS on

      > The Trump administration has sent a letter to some large companies in the EU warning them to comply with an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.

      > The letter, sent by the American embassy in Paris and others around the EU, said that Donald Trump’s executive order applied to companies outside the US if they were a supplier or service provider to the American government, according to three people familiar with the matter.

      > The embassies also sent a questionnaire that ordered the companies to attest to their compliance. The document, which the Financial Times has seen, is titled “Certification regarding compliance with applicable federal anti-discrimination law”.

      > The document said: “Department of State contractors must certify that they do not operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable anti-discrimination laws and agree that such certification is material for purposes of the government’s payment decision and therefore subject to the False Claims Act.”

      > The letter was also sent out by US diplomats in eastern EU states and Belgium, the people said.

      > The documents appear to signal that the Trump administration is widening its campaign against DEI to foreign companies after launching a crackdown against US media groups such as Disney.

      > A senior banker in Paris said he was shocked by the letter. “It’s crazy . . . but everything is now possible. The rule of the strongest now prevails.”

      > “American interference in the inclusion policies of French companies — such as threats of unjustified tariffs — is unacceptable,” the French foreign trade ministry said in a statement.
      “France and Europe will defend their companies, their consumers, and also their values.”

      !ping EUROPE&SNEK&FOREIGN-POLICY

    4. throwaway_veneto on

      It’s so weird they’re pushing for this when dei was not a thing in most European countries.

      I believe it’s more for internal propaganda than anything concrete.

    5. GaryMacsBigMac on

      Run on a platform of America first isolationism. Start threatening to annex other countries, have members of the administration openly try to influence foreign elections and force your own politics on foreign companies. Starting to think that this Trump fella might not have been honest with people in the past

    6. mixed_bounds on

      ​So now Uncle Sam’s reaching across the pond to tell European companies how to run their HR departments? Next, he’ll be dictating how we take our tea. Maybe focus on domestic affairs before playing world police on corporate policies.

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