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Different companies have different legal systems and tax arrangements. I believe it can be most convenient to deal with this via different subsidiaries.
There are also regulatory requirements in some industries that necessitate this.
However the same can be said of US states (which each have their own legal bar qualification for example), and the UK (Scotland, Northern Ireland each have separate legal systems).
It's probably fair to say that for historical reasons s the EU is less of a unified entity than the US or UK, but it is literally a single market. Hence, when we were in it, we could but what we wanted from anywhere in the EU that would ship to us.
Honestly, Stevo, arguing that the EU single market isn't a single market in order to make it seem smaller, just makes you sound stupid.
There are also regulatory requirements in some industries that necessitate this.
However the same can be said of US states (which each have their own legal bar qualification for example), and the UK (Scotland, Northern Ireland each have separate legal systems).
It's probably fair to say that for historical reasons s the EU is less of a unified entity than the US or UK, but it is literally a single market. Hence, when we were in it, we could but what we wanted from anywhere in the EU that would ship to us.
Honestly, Stevo, arguing that the EU single market isn't a single market in order to make it seem smaller, just makes you sound stupid.