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by microtonal 467 days ago
The good news (at least for the EU, don't know about non-EU European countries) is that groceries are only a blip on the radar when it comes to imports (of course, energy is used for groceries, but that applies both to European and US products) [1]:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

We do 'import' a lot of services from the US:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...

[1] Of course, there are US conglomerates that produce in the Europe. But a good chunk (at least here) is Unilever, Nestle, etc., which are all European.