China veto stops $7bn PCCW asset saleA senior Chinese official

China veto stops $7bn PCCW asset sale
A senior Chinese official intervened to scupper the $7bn sale of the PCCW telecommunications group's assets to foreign investors in the most flagrant breach of the territory's commercial autonomy since Beijing resumed sovereignty in 1997.

Telecom regulation in the EU

This article is a good illustration of the "give and take" between the European Commission and national regulators (here is the EU's press release on the subject). A similar example was published earlier on this blog.

Do you think that this supra-national approach can be replicated in other areas of the world? Do you think it should be replicated?

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Martin Weiss