tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post116107213484757038..comments2023-10-27T11:18:27.852+11:00Comments on From the notebook of.: World: Bees in the bonnet 5: EU vs USS Simmondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-8098796718907306912006-10-18T22:36:00.000+10:002006-10-18T22:36:00.000+10:00Benny, you're braver than me to predict how nation...Benny, you're braver than me to predict how nations will interact in the future.<br /><br />The best I can say is that, for all its faults, the EU is the most sophisticated political structure in the world, by the simple fact that it has united erstwhile sparring partners more successfully than the United Nations.<br />(that's not to say that its internal political processes are a paragon, just S Simmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082268725118026028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22518525.post-1161097094742286332006-10-18T00:58:00.000+10:002006-10-18T00:58:00.000+10:00This post is timely. What with terrific leaps of s...This post is timely. What with terrific leaps of science and tech each nation is trying to cash in on and be viable. Age old balance of power of nations on mutual cultural sympathies has to be thought in a broader terms: megabucks. Remember the time Bush tried to impose 15% duty on steel coming from EU? If EU didn't retaliate Bush would have got away with it. The USA had to think of its fruit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com