Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump announced 50-percent tariffs for Lesotho, the country's authority for communication supervision held a meeting with representatives of Starlink. Thereafter, Musk's company was awarded the country's first license for satellite internet services, writes Washington Post.
Internal messages that the newspaper has taken part in from the foreign ministry and American embassies now show how pressure is being exerted on several countries to approve American satellite companies, particularly Starlink – even if it is not explicitly mentioned as a requirement.
In connection with such negotiations, Starlink has now reached agreements with several countries, including India and partially with Somalia, Congo, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam.
The foreign ministry emphasizes in a statement the competition with Chinese companies and highlights that: "every patriotic American should want an American company to succeed".
Starlink is a project within the American space company Space X, where billionaire Elon Musk is the largest owner. But the foreign ministry says that Trump will not "tolerate any conflicts of interest".<|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>
Less than two weeks after Donald Trump announced 50 tariffs for Lesotho, the country's authority for communication supervision held a meeting with representatives of Starlink. Thereafter, Musk's company was awarded the country's first license for satellite internet services, writes Washington Post.
Internal messages that the newspaper has taken part in from the foreign ministry and American embassies now show how pressure is being exerted on several countries to approve American satellite companies, particularly Starlink – even if it is not explicitly mentioned as a requirement.
In connection with such negotiations, Starlink has now reached agreements with several countries, including India and partially with Somalia, Congo, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Vietnam.
The foreign ministry emphasizes in a statement the competition with Chinese companies and highlights that: "every patriotic American should want an American company to succeed globally".
Starlink is a project within the American space company Space X, where billionaire Elon Musk is the largest owner. But the foreign ministry says that Trump will not "tolerate any conflicts of interest".
