I am not sure how defenseable manufacturing is alone when China has been making massive strides in the past 10 years. The whole point of this original thread is

I am not sure how defenseable manufacturing is alone when China has been making massive strides in the past 10 years. The whole point of this original thread is that the EU is blocking an acquisition of a failing company where no real competition exists domestically. China is eating everyones lunch in the robotic vacuum space and its a comical defense to block this purchase. I believe these policies will hurt the EU in the long run, time will tell.