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Emergence and Transfer of Vehicle Safety Standards: Why We Still Do Not Have Global Standards (2007)

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Safety Automobile safety Globalization; internationalization Standards and standardization International relations 20th century, late

The implementation of new U.S. vehicle safety standards beginning in 1966 provided solutions and studies that served as guidelines for Europeans. Within Europe, some market players wanted to align with American standards (to facilitate the creation of a larger market), but others did not (for trade protection). European countries failed to disseminate European standards rapidly because of the strongly opposing views among market players. European carmakers at first opposed American standards because of the technical and financial risks, but met the American criteria nevertheless. Germany and the United Kingdom were key actors in the progressive convergence of European and American standards. In 1972, European car manufacturers banded together to form the Committee of Car Makers of the Common Market. Their secret ambition was to undermine American influence in Europe on exhaust emissions and safety issues. The creation of the Committee corresponded with strong reactions against both the increasing technical barriers to European imports in the United States and to the serious threat posed to European exports by the possible extension of American standards worldwide.

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Authors & Contributors
Leonardi, Paul M.
Alice Milor
Esselborn, Stefan
Hicks, Daniel J.
Lameli, Alfred
Ogle, Vanessa
Journals
Social Studies of Science
History and Technology
Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Transfers
Technikgeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie
Publishers
Oneworld
MIT Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
Harvard University Press
Harvard University
Cornell University
Concepts
Safety
International relations
Automobile safety
Globalization; internationalization
Standards and standardization
Technology
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Antarctica
Pakistan
Japan
Institutions
U.S., National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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