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The EU wants to unshackle its economy. For real this time

The European Union is an economic giant. Its 27 member states combine into the world’s second-biggest economy behind America and its third-most-populous internal market, behind India and China. The EU is home to some of the world’s most recognisable brands, from Adidas to Zara, and key industrial firms such as ASML , whose lithography machines are critical in AI chipmaking, and Zeiss, whose lenses are critical to ASML .

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