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It's not terribly surprising, however. The US claims to maintain control over its citizens no matter where in the world they may reside - for taxes, for export controls, for travel, etc.
Lately, the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are "people" and entitled to the same rights and protections (i.e. to be able to donate huge sums to political campaigns). I'm just waiting for someone to realize that us "real people" wind up having to pay US taxes even if we live overseas and that trying to give up our US citizenship is an expensive process, full of hassle. (Which would resolve quite of bit of this nonsense about US companies buying up foreign companies and then re-establishing themselves overseas.)
Not trying to go political on this, but honestly it's not all that surprising given the controls the US tries to maintain on those of us who live overseas.
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