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Every country not the USA should be embracing Linux regardless of trade disputes. A foreign company putting there proprietary software in your country's government infrastructure always come with uncomfortable security realities, you can be held hostage in an ecosystem that may no longer match your goals quickly, it becomes financial handcuffs.
FTFY
Just look at all the stuff the EU's been doing. It's definitely not a USA exclusive thing, they just happen to be leading at the moment.
It's a shame that so far only Germany, France and China seem to understand this
Germany has understood it for many years, what they lack is the conviction to follow through and stick with OSS.