[dragonwriter]

It is even worse than that as Martinique is a “territory governed by France” in much the same way that Hawai’i is a territory governed by the USA.

Martinique is a region and department of France—and administrative subdivision of the same type as those in the French mainland, differing only in that the the top two levels of subdivision (region and department) are coextensive rather than nested in Martinique and the other overseas region/departments.

[user1241320]

Potentially France could have all imports from US pass by Martinique and they’d save a lot of money

[qwertox]

And offer a loophole to any European company.

[user32489318]

Like putting HQ in the Netherlands to avoid corporate tax of all other EU counties

[throw0101d]

> Potentially France could have all imports from US pass by Martinique and they’d save a lot of money

The EU shares a border with the UK (island of Ireland) and the UK also has lower rates: just drive a truck over the border.