> but this begs the follow up question - is the strategy working? Because for all their standards and harmonisation, the manufacturing is happening in China and

> but this begs the follow up question - is the strategy working? Because for all their standards and harmonisation, the manufacturing is happening in China and the decisions are being made in North America. But at least some of the decisions that happen in North America are happening because of EU regulation. For example the push to get all phone manufacturers to standardise on USB chargers