It's one part cheaper labor, it's one part taking over market, it's one part gaining political influence. Just like defense companies have parts made in all 50

It's one part cheaper labor, it's one part taking over market, it's one part gaining political influence. Just like defense companies have parts made in all 50 states to gain political influence, google does it internationally. The more offices you open up in EU countries, the more political influence you have within the EU. Also, by opening more offices in EU companies, you make sure no EU headquartered google competitor can arise. For the love of god, why doesn't the EU simply ban/limit google and grow a homegrown google. The EU's incompetence is so astounding. Their population is much larger than our population and they certainly have the talent to create tech giants. China is doing it. Russia is doing it. Why can't the EU do it? At least try. Why are they giving away their market to amazon, apple, google, facebook, etc? They did it with Airbus, why can't they do it with tech? It's much more difficult to create an Airbus than it is to create an amazon, google, apple, facebook, etc. It's insane that after 20+ years after the beginning of the internet/tech boom, the EU is so tech poor. The few that they create have been bought up by american companies.