We Americans don't have representative government; rather we have an increasingly less convincing simulation thereof. Your question is merely a specific example

We Americans don't have representative government; rather we have an increasingly less convincing simulation thereof. Your question is merely a specific example of this. You might follow with an obvious question about Indonesia. Since that nation is a vassal of USA, the answer is equally obvious. Let's not stop thinking just yet. This is why context is important. The certification scams you cite serve to move wealth from the poor to the wealthy. That is bad. Requirements that imports to poor nations not be mostly trash serve to protect the wealth of the poor from that sort of extraction. That is good. More familiarity with Indonesia, or with any similar developing nation, would have provided you with this knowledge already.