the.com/european competition
the polite continental art of proving your rival is secretly a state in disguise.
means the body of eu law and enforcement, chiefly antitrust and state aid rules, stopping companies and governments from rigging markets in europe.
from rooted in the 1957 treaty of rome, drafted partly to stop cartels like the pre-war steel and coal pacts from re-forming across borders.
top regulatorthe european commission's dg competition, based in brussels
biggest finesgoogle paid over eight billion euros combined
state aid rulegovernments can't secretly subsidize national champions
merger controldeals above certain size must get brussels' blessing first