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Markets must become competitive. The market is a process. This is the core (pun very much intended) idea underlying the shortcut of supply and demand. economicforces.xyz/p/markets-must…

ICYMI: Econ is (still) good. Brian Albrecht

ICYMI: How do you compel large online platforms to negotiate the use of news content and provide fair remuneration to publishers? Giuseppe Colangelo explores the rationale behind policies like Australia's bargaining code, questioning if empirical evidence supports mandated payments🧵

If you think the DMA is bad, wait until you hear about the EU Space Act, or the "DMA for Space."

#AI #Antitrust #CompetitionPolicy #AIPartnerships 🚀 New Int'l Ctr Law & Econ with Dirk Auer: “AI Partnerships and Competition: Damned if You Buy, Damned if You Don’t”. Do these partnerships pose a risk to competition? Are they part of a strategy to evade merger control? A 🧵:

A quick Sunday read on AI partnerships and competition. New 🧵 and paper from Mario Zúñiga and Dirk Auer.

📅On August 25 at 11:00AM GMT-3, Int'l Ctr Law & Econ and FGV will host a webinar on "SEP Licensing and FRAND Commitments in Brazil" in Portuguese. The session will explore the findings from CADE’s recently published SEP report, as well as a newly published report by FGV.🔗🔽

🚨You no longer have to choose between learning Portuguese and learning about SEPs and FRAND commitments in Brazil. You can do both! Sign up for Int'l Ctr Law & Econ's webinar today! 👇

So . . . The US gov wants to arrest you for burning your national flag. The UK gov wants to discourage you from flying your national flag. Hear me out: There might be a middle way . . .

On Friday, Eric Fruits, Ph.D., kristian stout and I filed comments on the FCC's copper retirement NPRM. We argued that the market for voice services is in the midst of "creative destruction" and the FCC should eliminate rules that slow down that transition

While the Ohio court did not reach the First Amendment arguments (because it didn't have to), they did find, much as we argued in our amicus brief, that Google was not a common carrier because it does not offer undifferentiated search product to the public. A short 🧵

Surprising that it took so long for the US to push back against regulations that are largely designed to weaken the competitive position of American firms (albeit in the name of fairness, contestability, transparency...). So where do jurisdictions like Europe go from here? 🧵

Great thread. One addition: some countries think ex-ante regulation buys leverage against tariffs. In reality, it’s the opposite—those rules are part of why tariffs are on the table in the first place.

Self-preferencing is a form of vertical integration. Brian Albrecht and Geoffrey Manne explain how regulators miss the point: self-preferencing in cloud services boosts efficiency, cuts costs, reduces latency, and expands choice for consumers. 🔗 below

The EU's proposed Space Act is a "DMA for Space." 🛰️ With arbitrary thresholds, conflicted regulators, and legal "poison pills," it's a nontariff barrier designed to block U.S. competitors, not ensure safety. Full Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Truth on the Market article ⬇️

As the deadline for the European Commission’s consultation on the revision of the merger guidelines approaches, I have submitted a comment based on a new Int'l Ctr Law & Econ working paper titled “Do #Ecosystems Exist in EU #Competition Law?” 1/n

Great piece by Geoffrey Manne and Brian Albrecht at @TOTMBlog on "self-preferencing" as an antitrust offense.