Fun fact: Costco and Walmart surface their lenses on equipment made by Essilor (Satisloh subsidiary). Also if you're buying "transitions" branded photochromatic lenses - that's Essilor too.
The US however slaps huge fines on foreign companies for breaching sanctions or bribery of foreign officials.
It's a recurring theme in HN discussions about fines that all the Americans think the evil EU is unfairly fining fine American companies, and all the Europeans think the evil Americans are unfairly fining their countries' fine companies :)
On the other hand my latest glasses where neither lenses nor frame come from E-L cost an arm and a leg, too.