English is indeed my first language, but I don't know where you're from, and many claims along the lines of "X doesn't work" from an American view point, are in my experience, intended as "X doesn't work anywhere" - the scope of the author's experience/knowledge is irrelevant (see: health care, gun control, government in general, banking/finance regulation, etc)
But the line you quoted includes "in the US". How is it possible to be any more clear? It doesn't even say the standards don't work, it says there aren't any standards in the US.
