You might as well argue that it’s the US tax system that puts the US at a disadvantage regarding exports. Similarly, the relative lack of worker rights in the U

You might as well argue that it’s the US tax system that puts the US at a disadvantage regarding exports. Similarly, the relative lack of worker rights in the US could be argued to put US producers at an advantage. This is economies competing against each other, but the VAT is applied equally to EU and foreign producers, so it seems really odd to blame the very factor that is actually neutral here.