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The EU is a collection of countries with completely different languages and cultures. Doing business in another EU country is far more complex than doing busine
by agent327 5y ago
The EU is a collection of countries with completely different languages and cultures. Doing business in another EU country is far more complex than doing business in another US state.
Writing on a piece of paper that there is a single common market doesn't make it so. Only a handful of really large companies (Airbus is the only one I can think of right away) can manage.
- bserge 5y agoMore like doing business in the EU is far more complex.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoEU is not a single country, these countrues wrestle for control, so it's complex in that sence. But it's not like the laws are particularly weired. I was amazed when i learned that in US it's a federal crime to posses a lobster that is too short.
- bserge 5y agoHigh spending on employees, very risk averse investors, failure is seen as major shame, slow to form a company (not that big of a deal), sometimes weird restrictions on managers/directors. It is a criminal offense to use public transport without paying in Germany.
- LightG 5y agoCompared to the USA, maybe (even that is arguable from what I've heard about the US legal system). But I'm coming from a situation of before-and-after Brexit. Before Brexit, trade in the EU was a comparative breeze. It's an absolute dogsh!t, nightmare now (from a UK perspective).
- agent327 5y agoYou're not another EU country anymore, mate. Not to worry though, the whole damn thing will collapse sooner rather than later, and then you'll be happy to watch the implosion from a comparatively safe distance...
- LightG 5y agoThanks for pointing that out. That's a revelation. However, we do still trade with the EU, so the current situation is less than ideal. As would be your "implosion" fantasy. Not my cup of tea, thank you.