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Europe is looking to fight the flood of Chinese electric vehicles. But Europeans love them (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The EU follows a "precautionary principle" rather than the US "risk benefit" approach.

This leads to the EU often banning things which pose little it no risk (e.g. GMO foods).

Their approach is not necessarily better and the things they ban are not necessarily "toxic".