Antitrust

The EU’s €376 million fine against Intel for decades-old conduct risks weakening a struggling Western chipmaker at a time when China is heavily investing to dominate the semiconductor industry.

ITIF disagrees with the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional findings that Google's mobile platform has Strategic Market Status and that there are high barriers to entry and expansion.

ITIF does not agree with the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional findings that Apple's mobile platform has Strategic Market Status and that there are high barriers to entry and expansion.

The Bureau should not treat algorithmic pricing as a risk category in itself. The relevant concern is not whether pricing is algorithmic, dynamic, or AI-enabled, but whether it is used to harm competition or consumers. Addressing that will require focusing on market context and firm conduct rather than the type of tool used.

The European Commission’s DMA action against Meta reveals a strategy of using data protection law principles to stretch competition rules beyond their intended scope—ultimately setting a compliance bar no gatekeeper can meet, infantilizing users, and selectively targeting successful integrated American platforms.

Germany’s attempt to enforce its own version of the EU’s Digital Markets Act represents another antitrust front against U.S. tech companies and exposes the problematic redundancy of European digital regulation.

Joseph Coniglio speaks about antitrust and artificial intelligence at the Antitrust Midwest Conference hosted by Informa Connect.

Deploying broadband infrastructure requires ISPs to incur steep upfront costs that they recoup over time in consumers’ monthly bills. Market concentration can help keep prices down by spreading out fixed costs among a larger number of customers.

Instead of distancing itself from the United States through regulation, the EU must prioritize a transatlantic tech alliance as the only viable way to compete with China and protect shared democratic interests.

Joseph V. Coniglio speaks about remedies in the DOJ v. Google search antitrust case at a panel hosted by the D.C. Bar.