Government tolls free market? Whoa. There’s plenty of history in other industries where settling early on with a format has advantages (Blu Ray, 1080P, 60Hz, 110VAC, etc)
Which is what will happen. But there have to be competing specs for there to be competing possible standards.
That’s the way it goes.
Good thing, too. When you have the government setting standards you get orphans such as the Minitel.