Totally agree, it's not a bad thing. It's a large area of the world saying you do not dictate the rules.

It depends. Is the EU presenting itself as a bastion of free trade?

I don't think so anymore. They're clearly protectionists with the recent actions against American big tech and Chinese EV companies.

I’d respectfully put it to you that you don’t seem to actually understand how any of this works. You picked two examples that have nothing to do with the accusation of “protectionism”.