In general Except as provided in paragraph (3), a domestic entity may not discharge, suspend, cease contracting with, or fail to pursue future contracts with, any existing employee or contractor, or take any other adverse action against any such employee or contractor with respect to his or her compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment or contract, on the basis of protected activity, in the case that such an adverse action was undertaken— (A) because a designated foreign government or entity explicitly or implicitly requests that the domestic entity take such an adverse action, or the domestic entity presumes that a designated foreign authority would prefer such an adverse action