I don't know about the details of this case (nor particularly trust SpaceX's judgment on it), but local laws as a trade barrier are a real phenomenon. The WTO c

I don't know about the details of this case (nor particularly trust SpaceX's judgment on it), but local laws as a trade barrier are a real phenomenon. The WTO calls them "technical barriers to trade" (https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tbt_e/tbt_e.htm https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tbt_e/tbt_e.htm).