Comment by itsoktocry

>I don't disagree, you can definitely build more industries with tariffs and protectionism. I just don't see the point.

You don't see the point of building up, say, your domestic chip building capacity? Really?

>Take a look at Russia, they are sanctioned by half the planet and they still keep going on a reduced industry because they had huge stockpiles of tanks

Russia can "keep going" because they have vast reserves of fossil fuels that Europe, currently, can't live without.