You may be confused, so I'll try to illustrate the situation.

Supose you live in USA, your chickens have a list of laws, those laws apply to USA. If you try to sell those chickens in UK or Europe you'll find that your company will not be allowed to operate, and if you continue someone will go to jail.

Maybe digital products have an easy way out, but apple is not digital and they may need to find a way to comply.