I hope not for the EU's sake :) That really isn't that huge anymore, and it's definitely not growing that fast. I don't think you want to make a consumer arg

I hope not for the EU's sake :) That really isn't that huge anymore, and it's definitely not growing that fast. I don't think you want to make a consumer argument because consumers buy expensive stuff everywhere. There are also larger and more growing consumer markets. The better argument would IMHO probably be "They need to sell business products and to businesses there, and the EU businesses are spending more than elsewhere". IE it's a concentration of business wealth. That is also likely to change over time.