<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">[snip]<br><div>If anything, the US is probably the strictest enforcer of antitrust laws in the world and standards for corporate governance rate as among the highest if not the highest. This should inspire confidence that decisions can be checked. For ICANN it means an internal self evaluation and ongoing assessment to ensure that they perform their obligations to the highest standards.</div>
<div>- - -<br></div></blockquote><div> </div><div> AFIK around the early years 2000 a case had been under preparation by the EU Commission against ICANN for abuse of dominant position, or somesuch. But it was shelved due to USG pressure.<br>
<br>Starting with the G W Bush administration the USG turned protector of American worldwide monopolies. No wonder it's beginning to backfire.<br><br>Louis<br><br><br></div></div>