From: Real Clear Policy
By Eli Lehrer
Frequent travelers know the pain of being out on the road without the correct charging plugs for their phones and other electronic devices, just as parents know the difficulties of lacking the right cord to power up a child’s video-game system or tablet.
In prototypically European fashion, the European Union’s bureaucrats in Brussels have promised to address problems like these by regulatory decree. Under pending rules, all portable electronics sold in the 28-nation EU region must, by January 2017, use the “micro-USB” connector that’s already the dominant standard for most smartphones, e-readers, and other devices.
The U.S. shouldn’t follow suit — but not for the reasons free-marketeers typically offer when arguing against regulation.
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