> Does it also hold for European executive branches and American laws?

Yes, if a US law is overreaching and directly impacting people in the EU. That is literally how the world works in practice so I'm not sure what to tell you.

It’s called diplomacy.

Thank they should act like it and respect the laws of the countries.

If you run to the US executive to assert US understanding of law onto other countries you are geopolitical important, however, as a tool for the US national interest not as a true international company. A true international company would serve their customers in their legal systems. Fight the laws there, try to make them better, but don't strongarm them with other country forces. They are a sovereign country.

Why would Italy pick Cloudflare over Bunny.net or even CDNetworks if Cloudflare can't follow their laws? Today US tech products sell well in Europe because of the past 80 years of positive relationships. So Cloudflare is the obvious choice over CDNetworks, but for how long will it be like that?

Maybe that's the way it is in the US, because the country is run by corporations. But in the rest of the world we don't operate like that.

The Italians obviously don't

Geopolitical important companies are a bad thing. Imagine the company being an Iranian or North Korean company.

That's one countries leverage against another countries laws.

I mean, that's an argument for making them respect your country's laws or banning them from your country if they don't want to.

They're not.

> When the risks are too high, then exit the market. When you do business in a market, adhere to the laws there.

And when you want help to improve your terms of trade, you can petition your government to assist.

> It is however the business of governments to foster harmonized (globalized) markets.

It is the business of governments to further the interests and wishes of their people.

> But the US has killed so many regulations and collaborations in the last year, that there is little hope that this will improve any time soon.

Is Italy's actions here fostering "harmonized (globalized) markets", I wonder?

> They do not want globalization anymore but American first.

If globalization is what Americans want, then that is what their government should be accommodating. If it's not, then the government should not.

Even if "the experts" think something is right or wrong, even if some economic factor or other might objectively improve with a particular policy, it should be up to the people to decide. Self-determination is one of the most fundamental human rights there is, too often ignored by the ruling class.