We have 24 official languages, regulations/legal systems vary from county to county and we don't even have a common currency.
It's a lot better than having to deal with each county individually but still way more overhead than US.
It's a lot better than having to deal with each county individually but still way more overhead than US.
1. California has 10 million Spanish speakers 2. Every state has its own regulations and legislation (and taxes!)
But I don't think you would try to make that argument... right?
Free movement of labour and goods make a single market. The other stuff is just normal operational costs of doing business.
Also, and you know this: most of the EEA uses the Euro; the countries that don't are exceptions