In this memo, Matthew Bennett discusses the recent interest by competition authorities in vertical communications between manufacturers and retailers, and explains the dangers of conflating Recommended Retail Prices, which are relatively common and pro-competitive, with Retail Price Maintenance, which is treated as a hard-core competition law infringement in Europe.
CRA Competition economists contribute to article-by-article commentary on the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation
It gives the European Commission far-reaching powers to scrutinize financial contributions from non-EU governments to companies active in the EU, including in...