"It's like stealing an apple from a shop, sure you can do it a few times but eventually you will be arrested." If the US target only a single state of the EU a

"It's like stealing an apple from a shop, sure you can do it a few times but eventually you will be arrested." If the US target only a single state of the EU and the results are complicated, then this is a really weird comparison. Imagine the EU would restrict some arbitary good from reaching Texas. What would be the likely reaction? Now the EU is not as united as the US, but it went a long way already. Same border, same jurisdiction mostly.