Thanks for your reply, I hope (2) succeeds! Although I think it's concievable that it's done unilateraly, by a sufficiently big market (e.g. the EU). Although ironically the EU currently seems a lot less open to any kind of change than the US (but let's see until end of march, what the election outcomes will be...).

Edit: anyways, if you ever have any updates, interesting articles/discussion points, or need supporters for your politics, let me know!