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.

"Yoshizawa provides a much needed and thorough analysis of the European Union's use of competition policy in the global political economy. His timely insights reveal the crucial internal and external dimensions of this policy and how they contribute to the EU's increasingly important approach to the competition-competitiveness dilemma." Chad Damro, University of Edinburgh, UK "EU competition policy experts as well as academics will be keen to read this book. It shall interest experts and academics from all over the world." Janine Goetschy, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France

Autorentext

Hikaru Yoshizawa is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at Kansai University, Japan.

Inhalt

1. The EU competition policy dilemma 2. The institutional basis of strict and non-discriminatory regulation 3. Tension between stringent supranational regulations and national neo-mercantilism 4. The issue of discrimination against non-EU firms 5. Systemic constraints on the EU's role as a global rule-maker 6. The EU: Stuck between competition and competitiveness