Iron City , as for the
(barely) comprable market, also known as the EU, it constitutes about 350 milion people.
OPEN CLB if you take a closer look at the commission's
press release you will find that they are more concerned with creating market access - on equal terms. Europe have, so far, had sufficient pouch to carry that through within the member states. Remember that the basis of the EU was as a customs union - designed to keep third parties at arms lenght.