If you want to use the model for something, where hiring a Chinese national to work on these tasks is a no go. Using a Chinese model is going to be a problem as well. Some tasks and industries are so sensitive, that countries will not allow you to risk, that the model is aligned with Chinese interests and not yours.

> why couldn’t people just use chinese models rehosted in the EU?

Guess what Mistral themselves do?

I feel like that would be a big strategic mistake if you're European defense companies. What if the Chinese just stop releasing open models?