Come On In With Your Side Markers and Red Blinkers
A striking clause in the trade agreement between the eu and the us reveals that both parties are striving to align car approach requirements where possible. This could have major consequences.
For (Approximately) as long as the car has existed, America HAS had Different Requirements than Europe. Or ‘than the rest of the world’, because we concluded Earlier, The American Requirements Differ Further from the Approval Requirements Applica Elsewhere than the European Ones. This has already yielded a lot of Beauty for Enthusiasts, Because American Cars Are Clearly Different from What We Are Used to Here With Their (Often) Red Flashing Lights at the Rear, Orange and Red ‘Side Ligts. And Sometimes. And Sometimes. However, it also creates a lot of hasle and costs, because car manufacturers of have to make significant adjustments to be allowed to deliver a car intended for Europe in the us or vice versa. This of Course Goes a Bit Further than just the optical, because the US and the Eu Each Sail Their Own Course in the field of (other) Safety Requirements and Emissions.
That has always leg the case, but could Easily change in the future. Details about this are not yet available and we cannot tell you how this step will take concrete form, but the first step has bone tasks. This Appears (Thanks Automotive News!) From Point 8 of the ‘Joint Statement’ published by the White House and the European Commission on the Trade Deal, which Incidentally Means An Import Tariff of ‘Only’ 15 percent for cars from the EU in the US. The Sentence in Question Reads As Follows:
“With respect to drivers, The United States and the European Union Intend to Accept and Provide Mutual Recognition to Each Other’s Standards.”
OR in English: “With respect to automobiles, The United States and the European Union Intend to Accept and Provide Mutual Recognition to Each Other’s Standards.” That is, in the Words of a Famous American, Possible “Huge”. If implemented well, IT significant Lowers the threshold for a car manufacturer to also a Certain brand or model on the other side of the ocean, Regardless of the Strong Simplification for ‘Gray Import’. Something to keep an eye on, this intention!
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Incidentally, there are already country and regions that accept Both American and European Safety Requirements. This is the case, for example, in the middle east and mexico, but it would be strange if the creators of both sets of requirements simply accepted each odher’s standards and therefore in fact maintined two sets of requirements. It would logical Feel More Logical to Develop A New, Universal Set of Requirements Together. You could also Apply the Intention at A More Abstract Level, For Example by Recognizing Each Other’s Test and Measurement Results. However, as mentioned, it is still too early to make a concrete prediction about this.