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matheusmoreira 12 hours ago

Simple. Make a law saying their products cannot be different than what they offer in other countries. Frame it as discrimination against europeans or something. Either give europeans something as good as what's sold world wide or get fined billions.

Corporations love giving consumers their "take it or leave it" deals. You either accept their long list of abusive "terms and conditions" in their entirety or you get nothing. So give them one of those deals. Either submit completely or lose the entire european market. No negotiation.

They lawyers can't figure out how to comply with the rules? Literally who cares? They are worth trillions of dollars. Their problems don't matter to anyone.

betaby 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Simple. Make a law saying their products cannot be different. Frame it as discrimination against europeans or something.

Same can be said by the USA to EU car maker. Make BMW the same in EU and the USA, by adhering to the US law of course. No half measures.

matheusmoreira 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Are european car companies intentionally making cars meant for the US market worse to punish attempts at regulation?

betaby 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Probably? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal

nozzlegear 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Either submit completely or lose the entire european market. No negotiation.

Surely this just instantly backfires for the EU when we have such a strongman, protectionist president like Trump running things in the US? I doubt he'd sit by and say "well one of our most valuable companies got what they deserved, well struck EU."

matheusmoreira 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Surely the EU has enough economic leverage to withstand such pressure...

disgruntledphd2 8 hours ago | parent [-]

The US has a lot of security leverage right now.