They do a little bit, but in some cases the federal government has overruled them. They would if it became unprofitable, between the fines and the costs of com

They do a little bit, but in some cases the federal government has overruled them. They would if it became unprofitable, between the fines and the costs of compliance. Google was recently fined $5 billion; that's a significant chunk of their annual revenue, of which Europe is probably a minority. Add onto that the cost of updating for GDPR, and the EU is pushing about as hard as they can afford to. I'm not saying this is a reason for Europe not to take a strong position. I'm just saying their leverage is finite, and less than that of the U.S. government.