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New USB-C charger rule shows how EU regulators make decisions for the world

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par Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University

Have you ever borrowed a friend’s charger only to find it is not compatible with your phone? Or wondered what to do with the pile of cables you’ve accumulated from every device you’ve ever bought?

Such inconveniences will soon be history after the EU mandated on June 7 2022 that all small and medium-sized portable devices must be equipped with a USB-C charging port by the autumn of 2024. Laptops are due to come under…

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