The Telecoms Trade War: The United States, the European Union and the World Trade Organization
Mark Naftel, Lawrence J. Spiwak “The Telecoms Trade War: The United States, the European Union and the World Trade Organization"
Hart Pub | 2001-01 | ISBN: 1841130141 | 493 pages | PDF | 1,2 Mb
Hart Pub | 2001-01 | ISBN: 1841130141 | 493 pages | PDF | 1,2 Mb
The actions of many regulators and industry participants reveal a telecoms trade war that is dangerously close to spiraling out of hand. This book reviews U.S. and European competition and regulatory initiatives post-WTO and provide both a useful roadmap to today’s U.S., EU and WTO telecoms regulation and an examination of various case studies to illustrate their points. The authors discover that regulators on both sides of the Atlantic have eschewed innovative and indeed productive solutions to create a market structure conducive to long-term competitive rivalry. Instead, the authors demonstrate that current policies reveal a growing cynicism towards the maximisation of consumer welfare that will be difficult to remove.
–-No mirrors, please–-