Led by President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced the Department of Energy will postpone the implementation of seven of the Biden-Harris administration’s restrictive mandates on home appliances.
It works the other way around too. A place with fewer restrictions becomes a dumping ground for products that don’t meet modern standards.
Here’s an example. When the EU announced the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS), you couldn’t sell electronics that contain lead. However, you could still manufacture them and ship them to China. This means that you could also manufacture energy intensive electric junk in EU and other countries and sell all of it in USA.
But not in Americavafter this. Companies might make products only for the American market.
I’ll just import shit from Canada. IDGAF if it costs a bit more in taxes.
Pretty sure California (one of if not the biggest buyer of everything in the US) can and will still set their own energy efficiency regulations.
Yeah lesser cheaper and probably less safer products
It works the other way around too. A place with fewer restrictions becomes a dumping ground for products that don’t meet modern standards.
Here’s an example. When the EU announced the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS), you couldn’t sell electronics that contain lead. However, you could still manufacture them and ship them to China. This means that you could also manufacture energy intensive electric junk in EU and other countries and sell all of it in USA.