> I'm suggesting to buy the best value for money wherever it may come from Many EU citizens see a lot of value in buying from inside the EU rather from any far

> I'm suggesting to buy the best value for money wherever it may come from Many EU citizens see a lot of value in buying from inside the EU rather from any far-off country. When Greece's economy went bad all of the EU suffered a bit. Not so much if the economy of Chile goes bad. The more customers your "local" (national or EU) business loses to foreign producers that may have far lower production costs and quality, the more likely it is it will downsize or drop quality. > No, it does not necessarily do that. You followed this up with a very particular corner case which is not applicable here. The reasons EU olives are more expensive are because cost of living/production are higher, and standards are observed more closely. And the reason someone may prefer them are that standards are observer more closely and the choice to support local businesses. None of the are really something to argue with arguments of trade helping some other country that receives immigrants. > But that's not what I'm saying at all. Perhaps if next time you make your point clearer from the first attempt and not issue just a blanket, generic statement supported by an appeal to pity there would be no need to come back repeatedly to bring clarifications that in no way are obvious from your original comment. Especially when that comment was supposed to counter someone's personal opinion about what they prefer doing. Maybe you had the right idea but left too much of it out to the point where it becomes a frustrating puzzle of a discussion where you keep getting new pieces, some are the wrong size, some from another box, and some are actually onions.