Europeans just playing the protectionism game, which they have been so quick to accuse the Trump administration of. They must have forgotten the spirit of the Plaza Accord and who really keeps the nuclear umbrella over all this part of the Eurasian Western peninsula.

It's not protectionism when all you require is that products which compete should be held to the same standards. Or do you mean that it's fine for US companies to undercut other companies by lowering standards and costs, and only enforcing the standards on said competing companies?

Wow, that's a false equivalency if ever there was one. Stricter safety standards != starting a trade war because of "hurr durr trade deficit".