Is trim runaway easier to counteract in the A320?

We went over pitch trim runaway in A320 sims last night. I was kind of surprised at how low key the procedure was, which was essentially “counter it with the control stick”… heavy paraphrase. The only other turbine aircraft I have experience with is the PC-12, where it was considered more of a time critical emergency, and you’d need to hit a trim interrupt switch fairly quickly before the aircraft became uncontrollable.

I feel like I’m missing something here. Does it have to do with there…

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