US states have to enforce the rule of law since their federal government won't. Which means maybe those states are available partners for helping the rest of the world govern the unrecognised and unregulated #transnationalUtilities presently domiciled in the US. #antitrust #competitionLaw

But possibly unable as individuals nations. We may even need scale-up beyond the EU. But I have hope we can get this on the agenda for the new rule-of-law oriented trade consortia. #transnationalUtilities

IMO the problem is we stopped identifying & regulating utilities – probably because utilities are no longer national, but transnational concerns. This is the kind of thing we need to negotiate new treaties about – how to govern such entities. #transnationalUtilities #digitalGovernance #twitter

US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%

OK, good to have the agreement. Now, how do we sanction non-compliant nations such that it's worth their while to want to join? #transnationalUtilities
www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/us-...

#giftArticle #technologyEthics #digitalGovernance #AIEthics #cybersecurity #transnationalUtilities

New in the 1990s, GPS was only cool and easy to use, now EVERYONE is leaning on something not particularly robust or well defended. https://wapo.st/44QnrmS

This is why I don't think the solution is just breaking up companies. Though disaggregating their legal entity status along geographic / jurisdictional lines might be part of the solution of better governing this essential infrastructure. #transnationalUtilities #AIEthics #AGI