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So let me get this straight: because the US wont let you get the sales tax you paid back like you would with a VAT, you blame the "sane" system for effectively imposing an import tax, even though there is no way for the that receiving system to know how much sales tax was paid already and deduct it properly?

I'll gladly flip that argument on its head: the US is imposing an export tariff, since everything sold from the US to Europe includes US sales tax in the process, while in the inverse, any EU company charges 0% VAT to the US.