Did you even read the article? Thats part of the point, USBc is a stands that (finally) stripped the world of mini-usb, micro-usb, and the confusion between usba and usbb. And NOW they want to force region into a single standard? as if best possible technology has been reached? preventing further improvement because it would be illegal to introduce. The entire point is that, as usual, the regulation provides no benefit to the consumer while forcing mfgs to provide what will eventually be an outdated technology.