The free market is an illusion. One of the EU founding reasons is to be meddling with the free market. Regulation of the market and nature preservation is the playing ground that the EU operates on. That is slowly expanding, really slowly.
And China never had a free market so it's hard to compare.
https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/china_en
So much for the so-called "free" market and "free" trade, huh... Western hypocrisy at its "glory".
it's just incredible
The free market is an illusion. One of the EU founding reasons is to be meddling with the free market. Regulation of the market and nature preservation is the playing ground that the EU operates on. That is slowly expanding, really slowly.
And China never had a free market so it's hard to compare. https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-relationships-country-and-region/countries-and-regions/china_en