A federal regulation generally should have a corresponding foreign regulation in most advanced countries.
A federal entity generally should have a corresponding foreign entity in most advanced countries.
I don't know. In the EU they have gone crazy with regulations. Many are made to exclude foreign competition. I remember seeing that a toothbrush must meet over 100 EU regulations and a bath towel must also meet over 100 regulations. If you have to do compliance certification with testing, inspection or paperwork validation then the costs become prohibitive and serve little or no public benefit.