European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China.

States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.

Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education.