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   David Wade to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Americans: that clueless cretin you    
   19 Apr 25 09:33:39   
   
   From: g4ugm@dave.invalid   
      
   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   
      
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