EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITION POLICY VERSUS INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS
The book examines whether EU competition policy is applied fairly and consistently to EU and non-EU firms despite persistent political pressure from member states for a relaxation of the rules and deals with the dilemma of regional organisations in the global political economy.
Focussing on the EUs desire to achieve balance between the promotion of market competition and the enhancement of international competitiveness, the book explores the validity of its attempts successfully to ensure a stringent competition policy which is nationality-blind and comparatively strict. Finally, it shows that the competition-competitiveness dilemma remains unresolved because the EUs capability to set global regulatory standards is constrained by competition and the need to engage in multilateral forums, such as the WTO and the International Competition Network.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European Union studies, EU competition law and policy, EU external action and more broadly to global governance, international political economy and international relations.
Hikaru Yoshizawa is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Kansai University, Japan.
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European Union Competition Policy versus Industrial Competitiveness
Stringent Regulation and its External Implications
Hikaru Yoshizawa
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Names: Yoshizawa, Hikaru, author.
Title: European Union competition policy versus industrial competitiveness: stringent regulation and its external implications / Hikaru Yoshizawa.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. | Series: Globalisation, europe, multilateralism series | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021021898 (print) | LCCN 2021021899 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367757670 (hardback) | ISBN 9780367757595 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003163909 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Competition--European Economic Community countries. | European Economic Community countries--Economic policy. | Restraint of trade--European Economic Community countries.
Classification: LCC HF1532.5 .Y68 2022 (print) | LCC HF1532.5 (ebook) | DDC 382/.3094--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021021898
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ISBN: 978-0-367-75767-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-367-75759-5 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-16390-9 (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9781003163909
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