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That's just not the world we live in. Contradictory regulations exist in places with no unifying framework and create trade barriers. That's a reality and no wi

• pdonis 10y ago
  > That's just not the world we live in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Electrical_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Electrical_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_National_Standards_In... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSF_International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSF_International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade_certification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade_certification What are these? They are just a few examples of private organizations that develop, maintain, and enforce unified standards for products, within the US and worldwide. There are many, many others. > You are living in a fantasy world. No, you are, with your belief that the only way to get unified standards--assuming that we are dealing with something that needs them--is for governments to set them. Governments can set standards, yes. But they are not the only way to set them. IMO they are usually the worst way to set them, because government officials have the least stake of all parties involved in making the standards the best ones possible.