[governance] reality check on economics

Louis Pouzin (well) pouzin at well.com
Mon May 21 03:41:47 EDT 2012


On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:02 AM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:

> To follow on from my highlighting the multi-national regulation of firms
> with dominant positions, and the need to keep China in mind since
> it's...huge and richer by the year...from today's Wall Street Journal: the
> news is Chinese regulators have permitted Google (a US based firm) to
> acquire Motorola Mobility (another US based firm). US and European
> regulators have already signed off on the deal.   Meaning: existing
> national laws do have impacts at least in the competition policy arena.
>
> The key requirement for the Chinese regulators? That Google would continue
> to offer Android to other device makers.
>
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303360504577414280414923956.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular
> - - -
>

A chinese source provides for some more details (in french)

http://french.cri.cn/621/2012/05/21/301s281846.htm

It shows an increasing China's capacity to influence major western
industrial deals.
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