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UK's been ping-ponging between 5th and 7th due to the pound fluctuations. In reality the EU is not a unified market for e-commerce because of the language barr
by mattmanser 7y ago
UK's been ping-ponging between 5th and 7th due to the pound fluctuations.
In reality the EU is not a unified market for e-commerce because of the language barriers and very large discrepancies in laws. For example, France has some pretty crazy stuff to protect the French language, Germany is very strict about certain subjects and the denial of them like the holocaust. And while there are some top level EU laws or efforts to police the bigger internet players, enforcement is still mainly regional too.
I'm under no pretensions that the UK is far, far from the super-power status of the US or now China, or previously USSR.
But if we're a blip, most countries in the world aren't even a notch.
- ben_w 7y ago> But if we're a blip, most countries in the world aren't even a notch. That is the impression I’ve been getting from what economists have been saying. Of course, not being in economist myself, there is no way for me to tell if I’m reading real economists or merely people wearing economist clothing.