Originally Posted by
Slant
Do not try to educate me on what I think or mean or think to mean. Let's stick to your definition. The EU asks nothing more of the US than to adhere to EU labelling regulations. You do not want to do that. EVERYONE else in the EU already complies with those rules. Yet, you think you're the special snowflake that can just sneak undeclared stuff in and then has the fucking nerve to complain when we perk up and say "Huh? What's this? You don't want to declare the content like everyone else? Can't have that, same rules for everyone."
What you call protectionism... and this doesn't get much better... what you call protectionism is actually about equality as far as we're concerned. And you'll find that this type of equality is a bit stricter than it is in the US. In some cases, Germany, your offer would bounce back with a little note saying "Ha. Ha. Ha." and not much else than that. You'd directly violate the constution and they couldn't let you do that even if they wanted to. Same goes with the ludicrous idea of suing gouvernments. You can appeal to regulation courts like everyone else, but no, you do not get to sue England based on your punk ass wild west legislation that you call the US Code...
And again, YOU want something from US. Keep that in mind.