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every country could setup new law to say citizens can only be convicted in their own country unless the law is broken when then person is on the convicting country land.
in that way can protect own citizen from those long arm law enforcement.

it is not when but will surely come as the long arm control country become weaker. first financially then only equal in military strength.

in terms of science application may already lost the pole position already in some fields. like super magnet, video etc