[kamjam]

Errm, you do realise the "local area" of the European Union comprises of 27 members states/countries and according to Wikipedia:

With a combined population of over 500 million inhabitants, or 7.3% of the world population, the EU, in 2011, generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of 17.6 trillion US dollars, representing approximately 20% of the global GDP when measured in terms of purchasing power parity.

I'd like to see which company has the balls to pull out of that market.