Charley Connor

Veteran EU Competition Chief Dismisses Tech Fine 'Tariff' Claims as Political Theatre library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/8tk6qcd63… h/t @lydimcg, @CC_Antitrust, & @JavierespBX

Attendees of Spring from @abaantitrust next week should check out the Agenda Updates at link for late-breaking panel updates, like times of fireside chats with enforcers from around the globe. 1/3 events.americanbar.org/event/d8799c1f…

I said we would have a surprise #Grand_Finale tomorrow - the one and only @linakhanFTC! Brussels, “The Perfect Storm Conference”, tomorrow 30 Jan! ❤️

Happening now: A conversation with @sven_giegold @Caffar3Cristina

At @BruxConf2025 for a jam-packed day of groundbreaking conversation. Join us online if you're not in the room! bruxconference2025.com/livestream/

My colleague Eliot Gao also reported on concerns about the deal from Chinese industry & regulators days before the companies filed with SAMR: library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/85aeww8e5…

Our conversations with legal and industry sources in October indicated structural remedies may be needed for the deal: library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/82xw806tb… (cross-border effort w/ @CC_Antitrust, @jcbcp, @jbliss1987 & yours truly)

Starting now...

@BruxConf2024 @Andreas_Schwab @EU_Competition @ramontremosa @Caffar3Cristina @openmarkets @barryclynn @RanaForoohar @repasi @AmbassadorTai @USTradeRep45 @s_yoncourtin @paultang 🔝 panel starts with @TeddyDowney from @Capitol_Forum introducing🌟 @JKBustertruster @JusticeATR explaining that we needed and need to talk to the people, normal people in the streets, farmers and speak accessible language to them that explain what is at stake #freedom #democracy

@BruxConf2024 @Andreas_Schwab @EU_Competition @ramontremosa @Caffar3Cristina @openmarkets @barryclynn @RanaForoohar @repasi @AmbassadorTai @USTradeRep45 @s_yoncourtin @paultang @TeddyDowney @Capitol_Forum @JKBustertruster @JusticeATR @maxvonthun @chopracfpb @FTC @RKSlaughterFTC .@JKBustertruster @JusticeATR we need to demystify #AI we made abd doing a lot to understand #ArtificialIntelligence and its implementation in the different sectors, markets will be affected danger of these markets tipping is there & it is real @Andreas_Schwab @repasi

@CMAgovUK’s high profile over the past year is a “consequence of very conscious choices that we have made about making sure every piece of work we do has an impact,” CMA chief exec Sarah Cardell says

We're returning from lunch with an address from @dreynders. Didier is the Commissioner for Justice for the @EU_Commission. Watch here: bruxconference2024.clevercast.com/webcast/w-qodb…

Europe can be hyper-dependant on other nations, says @s_yoncourtin; competition must be at the “center of" a focus on re-industrializing the EU.

listening to the words of @AmbassadorTai on tackling “bigness”, I wonder how long will be passed before we will fully take actions so that privacy and data protection too are used to explicitly tackle the unfair imbalance of power between tech giants and people @BruxConf2024

Europe must rethink how to bring antitrust, industrial and trade policies together @fbrantner says.

We're onto the trade panel: I find myself trying to “build bridges” of understanding because our disciplines are siloed while everything is connected, says US Trade @AmbassadorTai.

Barry Lynn of @openmarkets: We need to admit that the world today is “on fire” as monopolization is threatening democracy and bringing on concentrations of capacity that can bring on conflict and war.

Glad to be once again part of this great event! This year will be about how antitrust regulations need to be compatible with growth & innovation. This is a challenge for 🇪🇺 that we must address now ! 🗣️Join me live at 12.40 ⤵️bruxconference2024.clevercast.com/webcast/w-qodb… @Capitol_Forum

@drphilipmarsden @BruxConf2024 @CATribunal He did differentiate between the two... evidence that courts *must* listen to and advocacy that should be considered with "healthy scepticism". Can judges always spot the difference though?

When it comes to argument, courts should be interventionist in articulating what is troubling it says Marcus Smith @CATribunal

Industrial “strategy” is about “what we make in the United States and how we make it” Biden administration’s @hboushey46 says.