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> Because it is single market. Just like inter-state commerce inside USA.

No. The US doesn't do this for interstate commerce. For example, California doesn't reduce its sales tax on an item just because Illinois already charged some other tax on that item.

> Now why the corporations inside USA have failed to lobby mechanism that allows them to get refunds on sales taxes when they export stuff is reasonable question to ask.

It's not the job of US corporations to fix discriminatory tax and tariff schemes cooked up in Europe.

On the other hand, in Washington, some people are starting to take notice. If the Europeans want to slap a 20% price increase on US goods, we also know how to do that for European goods.




The US having a less efficient tax system isn't the fault of the EU




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