China would be a valid target but he put Germany and UK first.

Also manufacturing coming back from China won’t be real jobs but highly automated factories with even less jobs than what China would loose.

The entire premise of “bringing back old jobs” be it from China or Europe might be what populist supporters want to hear but it is not what would solve their issues. The world needs new jobs.

Or - you know - we could just work less for the same standard of living and could all benefit from automation

Yeah, I can see that now

Due to the loose labour laws, weak unions and low low wages in Germany and the UK plenty of jobs went from the US to those countries. Especially Britain is known for having taken many jobs in the manufacturing sector.

Spoken like a true populists. It’s not about the content of the policy but how they are made, only that they’re made like they are in every member state, usually enjoy a vast support in every country and create a benefit for the people. See USB-C rules. If the opposition is only how those policies and laws are made, the critic is not substantial. In every country sone rural voters influence the life of city people and vice versa. It’s the same with the EU, just bigger. Please tell me what people actually reject. This was not supposed to be a got ya question. If the only criticism is the order of the union then it’s not the policies fault but rather how populists speak about it

What EU policies do you have in mind that are bothersome to populists?