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From: David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Americans: that clueless cretin you elected just killed the CVE
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On 19/04/2025 01:04, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:21:45 +0100, chrisq wrote:
> 
>> The EU countries are even worse, with tariffs imposed + vat, on most
>> non EU sourced product. An organisation designed very much to be
>> protectionist.
> 
> Ummm ... wasn’t it your choice to leave the EU?

VAT is charged o everything, so internal and external product, so no 
idea why its seen as a tariff wall. As for "protectionist" yes, just 
like the USA where everything has to be in Feet, worse US pints and 
gallons are the wrong size...

Dave