Thread

1. neom · 1789557380 · focus · HN ↗

   No idea what this actually means, if it means easier trade, I'm all for anything that reduces our dependency on the yanks, as long as we don't need to be involved in their regulatory or legal regimes. The Americans are no longer our friends, Salut, mes amis Européens. :)

   1. dmos62 · 1789557594 · focus · HN ↗

      > as long as we don't need to be involved in their regulatory or legal regimes

      EU has such a bad name in these circles. As a EU citizen, I cherish these same regimes.

      1. Autious · 1789557781 · focus · HN ↗

         Yeah, I'm curious about which ones are a problem. I could see there being some incompatibility, and the details are more interesting than sweeping statements.

         Some regulations would have to be normalized and agreed upon between the countries for trade open up. Can't have different quality standards and ways of evaluating and declaring them.

         1. nonethewiser · 1789558189 · focus · HN ↗

            PPWR is an obvious one. Its such a dysfunctional law that they actually told people to ignore it.

            1. mitxela · 1789561446 · focus · HN ↗

               Programmers keep thinking law is if/then, it's not, it's a set of instructions to judges, which may contain obvious errors or conflict with other instructions, which is why we allow humans to interpret them instead of computers.

               1. nonethewiser · 1789616725 · focus · HN ↗

                  Do you grant that there are poorly written laws?

                  Are you defending PPWR? Not in spirit but actual implementation?

                  It will never get so-far as the judge because the EU has already admitted the law cant be followed and arent going to be taking people to court over it.

                  Regardless of the intent, it's an abject failure.

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.