> You're saying China doesn't protect and help their native industries? That's simply incorrect: My point was they didn't not shut down their companies from fo

> You're saying China doesn't protect and help their native industries? That's simply incorrect: My point was they didn't not shut down their companies from foreign competition and that that's exactly what the EU commission is doing with these tariffs. > What about the European worker and the European citizen? As a European myself, I don't like being reduced to a mere consumer. European citizens would be fine given how much they like to import from china. Given the popularity of temu and other apps in europe, I don't think the general public wants to be fleeced by domestic industries/retailer and pay 12E for wine opener from esselunga v/s 1.7E on temu. As for the domestic workers and industries, they'll have to up their game and innovate to become efficient. It was embarrassing how bad VW's EV products were till a few years ago. Domestic industries can't just expect to hold consumers as captive and fleece them forever. If they can't good riddance.