Comment by CrossVR
5 hours ago
> But where have X violated US law? It clearly continues to confuse that EU law does not, in fact, have any relevance outside of the EU.
Then why did the US fine VW if US law does not have any relevance to companies headquartered outside of the US? The US did not, in fact, fine VW based on EU law.
The US publicly pointing out VW were breaking EU standards forced the EU to deal with it. Both of them took action in their respective jurisdictions.
So why were EU regulators all A-OK with this until the US pointed it out?
Because the car industry is incredibly powerful and an important of the European economy. Just like Big Tech is incredibly powerful and an important part of the US economy.
I'm certain that if VW was a US company the current administration would've been A-OK with them flaunting regulations and would've defended US economic interests against fines from the EU.