Tag: Economy
China To Delay Tech Giants Regulation As Economy Slows
China is preparing to hit pause on its monthslong campaign against technology companies, according to people familiar with the matter, as officials seek to...
The Sharing Economy and Competition
By Max Huffman (Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law)
The chapter deals with the topic of the sharing economy, with an emphasis on...
Antitrust Can Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
By Robert D. Atkinson, Wall Street Journal
When it comes to technology and the economy, the U.S. is grappling with two contradictory goals: competing with China...
The EU Regulation Of The Data-Driven Economy
By Bjorn Lundqvist (Stockholm University)
Powerful platforms that ‘hoard’ data in ecosystems, prevents the possibility to access or port data, or restrict interoperability may...
EU To Approve Member States’ Recovery Plans By Summer
The European Commission intended to approve the European Union's member States' recovery and resilience plans by summer and then begin to disburse funds from...
Brazil Passes New Natural Gas Law For Foreign Investors
Brazil’s lower house approved a new regulatory framework for the natural gas sector in the early hours of Wednesday, March 17, a move the...
How Horizontal Shareholding Harms Our Economy—And Why Antitrust Law Can Fix...
By Einer Elhauge, Harvard
Empirical evidence that horizontal shareholding has created anticompetitive effects in airline and banking markets have produced calls for antitrust enforcement. In...
Can Antitrust Laws Assist with the Economic Recovery?
By: John Pecman (C.D. Howe Institute)
Antitrust enforcers have said they need to remain vigilant to protect consumers and assist with the recovery during the COVID-19...
China’s Regulators Break Down Xiao Jianhua’s Financial Empire
Chinese regulators on Friday, July 17, seized control of a group of financial institutions with connections to the same holding company, in a crackdown...
EC Expert Group Publishes Progress Reports On Online Platform Economy
The independent expert group of the Observatory on the Online Platform Economy has published today three draft progress reports, and are seeking stakeholder feedback....
