"U.S. Should Avoid Rail Standards That Limit Japan, Maehara Says
By John Hughes and Angela Greiling Keane
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should avoid adopting standards for high-speed rail safety that would bar Japanese companies from competing for American projects, Japan’s Transport Minister Seiji Maehara said yesterday.
The U.S. needs to be flexible because European crashworthiness requirements for high-speed trains are different from those in Japan, Maehara told reporters in Washington after meeting lawmakers and regulators.
Maehara, speaking through an interpreter, said he was told by U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar that U.S.-adopted standards “will be fair to many competitors.”
신칸센이 미국 철도국의 충돌사고 안전기준을 충족시키지 못하는 것은 분명한 것 같습니다. Maehara 장관이 미국에서 미국정부가 충돌사고 안전기준 미달을 이유로 신칸센의 입찰참여를 금지하려 한다고 주장했으니까요.