"I am not so sure that american companies can just "hide" from this, they are actually quite exposed. Delta airlines, for example, appear to be quite worried by

"I am not so sure that american companies can just "hide" from this, they are actually quite exposed. Delta airlines, for example, appear to be quite worried by it internally, and are making changes to suit. " Certainly you realize there is a give and take here. The EU needs the businesses too. The EU is not powerful enough on it's own to just do whatever it wants. So they aren't going to go after these kinds of weird cases at first, because it would generate a large business backlash.