The original proposal for a Common Market specifically states that the creation would help free trade in a world where the American Smoot–Hawley policy had driven tariffs up around the world.
And to repeat what I've said before, France went through an agricultural revolution at the same time as the UK went through an industrial revolution.
Hence the UK industrial tariffs were traditionally high, and France's agricultural tariffs were traditionally high.
Hence the UK industrial tariffs were traditionally high, and France's agricultural tariffs were traditionally high.
This means France could point at the UK and call us 'protectionist', and the UK to France and call it 'protectionist'.
and it's a little bit racist...
and it's a little bit racist...
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