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There is an alliance of organizations and individuals Signing an open letter Reveal Concern UK government Appointment Amazon Executive as Chairman of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
This group, which includes US Tech Outfits, such as Yint, Dacadaco and Mozilla, must be “free from political stress” if it is to check the big technology and “unlocks positive economic results for the entire economy.”
Fo context, the UK has disbeliever regulators Investigate the big technology For All About violations, and CMA technology along with the European Union (EU) associates, CMA has played a role in overseeing the world’s major players in the world Blocked acquisition And By force of divestmentsThe
However, the UK has tried to replace itself as a veteran, pro-tech race by cutting red tape And bureaucracyThe And as part of this, it seems that the government wants to make its incredible unit more attractive to outside investment.
Last month, Report has been published CMA Chair -Bockering, the UK business and trade department Guru (Fictitious above) Those who have worked in the United Kingdom of Amazon and China for almost a decade. Gur left Amazon 2020 To be the director of the Museum of Natural History.
“There is an obvious plan for the change in this government – to increase the growth for businesses and communities across the UK,” Jonathan RenoldsThe UK’s business and trade secretary of secretary said in a statement then. “As we have come out, we want to see the regulators with CMA, to supercharge the economy for the economy that will gain prosperity and growth, keep more money in the pocket of people.”
“Losing sight”
It is noteworthy that the appointment of Gur’s appointment is only on the basis of interim. However, it indicates the government’s thoughts in the type of person who wants to fulfill the role – someone deeply related to big technology. In Declaration Last month, the government said that Gur’s past would be able to “treasure the experience” from his work in the technology sector.
And the move has now encouraged about two dozen bodies to address a letter with Chancellor with Renolds and The Excuor Rachel Reeves to several senior government ministers. The signators include Dacadakgo, Yint and Mozilla, which small technology companies have expressed how the Big Technology is seen as buffer on the global impact of Europe (including the United Kingdom).
Other companies such as the Future of Technology Institute, the Bookslers Association, the Coalition for App Fairness and the Open Markets Institute also named them in the letter.
“After removing the CMA chair and replacing it with the ex -Amazon executive, we fear that the UK government is losing the view of committing strong competition. DMU [Digital Markets Unit] The governance and the operational independence of the CMA, “the letter is written. “Long -term, sustainable and inclusive growth and innovation will not be achieved if CMA is only focused on the interests of the largest companies and removed from its original order to maintain and promote competitive markets.”
CMA’s Digital Markets Unit Was specially set up To deal with the Big Tech, and the letters of the letters note that this unit must not be compromised by political influence.
The letter states, “The new DMU government must be trusted by the government and unlocks positive economic results for the entire economy to be independent with political pressure.” “Only then will the big technology companies be forced to convey honest conversations on how to promote positive economic results with business and customers, but instead of pushing the controller to the controller to give the necessary bold remedies below. In short, DMU – and CMA – if they are truly independent, will only be able to promote growth. “
The full text of the letter and the list of signators has been included below.
RT Honorable Rachel Reeves MP
Chancellor
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London
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UK
CC: RT Honorable Jonathan Renolds MP, Business and Commerce Secretary of Secretary; RT Honorable Peter Kyle MP, Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary of Secretary; Whicheach Baronous Jones, Future Digital Economy and Parliamentary Under Security of State for Online Protection
Dear Chancellor,
We have long called for more competitions in the digital market through challengers and medium -sized technology companies, trade associations, civil society organizations and experts, through the rule of new digital markets (“DMU”). Like the Prime Minister, we want to see competition and market authorities (“CMA”) that growth needs to be taken seriously. However, sustainable growth and inclusive innovation will be achieved without just breaking the obstacles in the competition.
After the removal of the CMA chair and replacing it with the former Amazon Executive, we fear that the UK government is losing views to the DMU government and CMA’s operational freedom competition. Long -term, sustainable and inclusive growth and innovation will not be achieved if CMA only focuses on the interests of the largest companies and is removed from its original order to maintain and promote competitive markets.
Former ants of digital markets, competitions and Consumers Act (“DMCCA”) are completely distinguished from other CMA’s other enforcement forces, such as attachment systems, such as they are created to create target decisions. A handful of companies with super competitive power. The new DMU government must believe by the government and if the positive economic results are required for the entire economy, it must be independent with political pressure. However, big technical companies will be forced to convey honest conversations on how to promote positive economic outcomes with business and customers, to give the necessary bold remedies instead of pressing on the controller. In short, DMU – and CMA – only if they are truly independent in the activities, will only be able to promote growth.
The Labor Party has long been supported by the UK’s exclusive tackle in the UK’s technology sector while passing the DMCCA. When you write that ‘Google, Facebook and Amazon’s new exclusive to capitalism […] Apply exclusive energy over knowledge and information ‘and’ block competitive markets’. You were right that ‘the markets need to be broken’ to ensure ‘markets are competitive’.
Since you wrote these words in 2018, Little has changed – in reality, the largest advanced technical monopoly has gained the power and is now benefiting their dominance to ensure a riot in the new market. Established by Furman reviews, and multiple expert studies that have been followed around the world, applied by greater competition in the digital market, applied by independent and neutral regulators, this is not a barrier, the key to unlocking the government’s main mission of economic growth. If his mission is followed in the face of aggressive planning from Tech Giants and other self -interest, CMA’s independence must be strictly protected, whose only goal is to protect their childhood in protecting their exclusive fare.
If UK businesses are finally able to compete with large technology companies in the event of playing at any level, it will unlock critical investment, innovation and growth without limiting the investment in the UK economy. In fact, proper enforcement of the DMCCA will reveal growth throughout the UK economy.
CMA has shown that Apple and Google were able to earn more than $ 4 billion profit above the need to reward investors from their UK mobile business in 2021. The controller also showed that the cost of digital advertising was $ 500 per family in 2019 – or as a whole 14 billion dollars – it would be much higher than it would be in the competitive market. Open preferences, trust and transparency and fair transactions will help improve UK companies and give UK customers an advanced, cheap and broad range of products and services. The more competitive and diverse digital economy gives more autonomy and preferences about the benefits of new technologies, reduce the dangerous dependence of the UK, and how they share information and how they contact each other online.
We notice that in the press briefing, government officials have stated that the CMA’s performance is ‘disappointed throughout the board’, the government heard ‘dissatisfaction from everyone’. We will encourage the government to listen more closely to the UK more closely all over the UK that has to do business in exclusive markets every day and to properly verify the funds and independence of the lobby groups that claim the interests of small businesses and which groups are true representatives of the greater economy. The
In fact, we have been supportive of the procedure that has taken in recent years to increase the risk of increasing the risk of increasing the risk of investigating integration, to investigate the integrity investigations, to develop the new competitive system for digital markets in recent years. Digital and technology experts are the top team. This is an internationally respected controller, not because of the digital control approach, which is now being followed around the world.
We hope that the government will re -determine its promises to the controller’s operational independence of the CMA and to implement the new competition system for the digital market. We will welcome the opportunity to meet you to discuss how we can work together to achieve it.
Your sincerely,
Person:
- Professor Amelia Fletcher, CBE, Eastern Anglia University (former non-Non-Non-Director, CMA; Member, HM Treasury Digital Competition Specialist Panel-Furman Review)
- Professor Derek McColley, Nottingham University (Member, HM Treasury Digital Competition Specialist Panel – Furman Review)
- Professor Philip Marsden, Bank of England (Member, HM Treasury Digital Competition Specialist Panel – Furman Review)
- Sir Vince cable, former Secretary of Business, Innovation and Skills
Organizations:
- Article 19
- Economics project of balance
- Bookseller’s Association
- Alliance for fairness of the application
- Dakadakogo
- Ecosia
- Foxglove
- Future of the Technology Institute
- Getyourguide
- Kelku group
- Mindeu Center for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge
- Mazela
- News Media Association
- Online Dating and Discovery Association (ODDA)
- Open Markets Institute
- Proton
- Public Side News Foundation
- PPA (Professional Publisher Association)
- Reset tech
- Responsible online trade alliance
- Skyscaner
- Society of authors
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