[Marco Polo]

No, they're exactly the same in principle.

I was just making the point that targeting America, for various reasons really but mainly it's global reach, would be a great deal more complicated if not impossible. The damage internationally would be too extensive. If, say, a small European nation boycotts McDonalds, that's thousands upon thousands of jobs lost within the country itself which may result in a broader weakening of the EU.

Targeting domestic Chinese firms might be somewhat more realistic is what I'm saying.

Take the example of an even smaller economy under attack - the Middle Eastern boycott of Danish goods after the cartoon riots... the Danish gov't knew they had a stake in this (probably b/c they appropriate insanely high taxes from these firms), so they themselves stepped in and tried to resolve the issue. That's just one small example.