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Also because the EU is deliberately targeting US companies, the US gov't doesn't have that incentive.

dyarosla 9y ago
Now I’m curious.. is the EU deliberately targeting US companies or are US companies just more prone to adopting antitrust (by EU standards) practices? Has the EU cracked down on many non-US companies?
- petre 9y ago
  Yes. They've been rather soft on VW, who got a pat on the back, just like US bankers did after the subprime mortgage crisis. I'm glad the US took a had stance against VW.
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  - Oletros 9y ago
    You're mixing things, VW case is not an anti trust case. EU Competition commission has fined a lot more European companies than American companies.
    - petre 9y ago
      Which ones and for what amounts? Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm were fined more than $1b so far. All of them are US comapanies. Scania was fined €880m for price fixing.
      - Oletros 9y ago
        And Mercedes another billion, and Phillips more than $400 million And there is the whole lot of small fine to other companies. The OP was the one claiming, he has to back with numbers. [0} Is only fines for cartels, look at the companies [0] http://ec.europa.eu/competition/cartels/statistics/statistics.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/competition/cartels/statistics/statistic...
- dontnotice 9y ago
  You tell me. It certainly appears that the EU spares no resources at seeking and investigating US corporations and certainly they have no qualm in sticking them with record fines.
  - foobarbazetc 9y ago
    Break the law, get fined. Why would you have qualms?
joejerryronnie 9y ago
Wholeheartedly agree here - definite undercurrent of protectionism in these highly publicized cases against US firms. Although I'm not sure how long the EU will be around in its current incarnation. It seems to be one more economic downturn away from serious trouble.
- Faark 9y ago
  I'd like a statistic for that. To me that sounds like a classic observation bias. Just like germans frequently complain how unfairly bad the US gov treats VW or Deutsche Bank. Something i also haven't seen objective info for or against.
foobarbazetc 9y ago
So the EU is helping Apple because...?
Oletros 9y ago
I suppose that you have numbers to back your claim, isn't?

Now I’m curious.. is the EU deliberately targeting US companies or are US companies just more prone to adopting antitrust (by EU standards) practices? Has the EU cracked down on many non-US companies?

petre 9y ago
Yes. They've been rather soft on VW, who got a pat on the back, just like US bankers did after the subprime mortgage crisis. I'm glad the US took a had stance against VW.
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- Oletros 9y ago
  You're mixing things, VW case is not an anti trust case. EU Competition commission has fined a lot more European companies than American companies.
  - petre 9y ago
    Which ones and for what amounts? Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm were fined more than $1b so far. All of them are US comapanies. Scania was fined €880m for price fixing.
    - Oletros 9y ago
      And Mercedes another billion, and Phillips more than $400 million And there is the whole lot of small fine to other companies. The OP was the one claiming, he has to back with numbers. [0} Is only fines for cartels, look at the companies [0] http://ec.europa.eu/competition/cartels/statistics/statistics.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/competition/cartels/statistics/statistic...
dontnotice 9y ago
You tell me. It certainly appears that the EU spares no resources at seeking and investigating US corporations and certainly they have no qualm in sticking them with record fines.
- foobarbazetc 9y ago
  Break the law, get fined. Why would you have qualms?

joejerryronnie 9y ago

Wholeheartedly agree here - definite undercurrent of protectionism in these highly publicized cases against US firms. Although I'm not sure how long the EU will be around in its current incarnation. It seems to be one more economic downturn away from serious trouble.

Faark 9y ago
I'd like a statistic for that. To me that sounds like a classic observation bias. Just like germans frequently complain how unfairly bad the US gov treats VW or Deutsche Bank. Something i also haven't seen objective info for or against.

foobarbazetc 9y ago

So the EU is helping Apple because...?

Oletros 9y ago

I suppose that you have numbers to back your claim, isn't?