If a product is approved for sale in one EU member state, it is considered safe enough to be sold in another. A similar policy of “mutual recognition” could be the key to successful US-EU trade negotiations, but only if both parties can overcome the biases that are built into their regulatory and political systems.
1992年，欧洲各国成功建立了单一市场，这不仅是因为调和了所有国家的标准和监管，也是因为彼此之间同意互相承认。如果一种产品被获准在一个欧盟成员国销售，那么它就被认为是安全的，可以在其他成员国销售。类似的“互相承认”政策可以称为美国-欧盟贸易谈判的关键要素，但这得双方克服存在于监管和政治制度中的偏见才行。