“would actually welcome an idea that’d prevent the shipping of materials that are already an environmental nightmare to procure, from having to be sent across the entire world multiple times just to be made.”

Imagine what would happen Canada would impose a similar rule. Or Ireland. Or New Zealand. Or Germany. Or...

Now I’m not too familiar with WTO rules, but if the US is breaking those rules, the EU has a point.

could easily afford to step up to the Cayenne or a G-Class and why wouldn’t they?

Probably. Where I’m from the Fit (called Jazz here) does only come with 109 hp, and is hybrid-only. I image the US market would demand a different drive train, non-hybrid (because cheaper) and more hp.

Additionally; sports car versus budget commuter car.

Your first article is about fertilizer and climate change. The Dutch problem is not about climate change, as I explained in another comment. It’s about local NH₃ (ammonia) emissions and its effects on local biodiversity, hence the goal to mostly reduce industrial livestock farming close to nature reserves. It’s also…

As a Dutchman who (until recently) worked in the dairy industry I think I do have an idea what I’m talking about.

“Our offer for a large size vehicle must fit international markets, American, Chinese, European,”

Exactly.

And with ‘might lose their job’ you mean ‘will be very fairly compensated’.

So outside of shoving a catalytic converter up a cows ass, I don’t know how a farmer “cleans up this mess”.

Small time dairy farmers are not the problem. Especially not when the cows are mostly kept outside and the farm produces its own food for the cows. The large scale dairy farmers who keep their animals inside and import their food are the problem.

We are only talking about (the polution created by the production of) animal products though. Not about plant based products. Now I’m not a vegetarian and I do like my occasional steak and a lot of cheese, but if you were to transfer even a small percentage of land that is currently used for food for cows/pigs/chicken…

South African 'Dutch'? Is that similar to the North American 'English' population?

Not just trash. They lit hay during dry season and even dumped asbestos waste on the road.

This is not about CO2 emissions, which have a global effect. It’s about ammonia and other nitrogen based emissions that have a regional effect. So, it absolutely matters what is emitted locally. It’s even mentioned in the article.

People starving to death because a tiny European country EXPORTS less meat and dairy products to protect itself?

You can’t switch to nuclear within a few months, even if you wanted to. Homes that heat with natural gas (which is a huge percentage!) are unlikely to be able to switch within a few months either. And then there is the industry that uses gas in huge quantities as well.

Germany only has two remaining active atomic plants, both were scheduled to be decommissioned at the end of 2022. In theory they can run longer, but obviously they did not plan for this situation and now they will have issues (for 2023) with fuel rods availability, staffing, insurance and so on. Germany also has two…