Haucap: "The GWB amendment is good and it is needed"

28.09.20

In an interview with WirtschaftsWoche, DICE Consult-Partner Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap praises the cabinet draft of the 10th GWB amendment.
In the future it will be much easier for the Bundeskartellamt to prohibit certain practices by platform companies, which are of outstanding cross-market importance, before the abuse of market position occurs, said Haucap. In addition, breaking up Google and Co. would not be conducive to achieving the goal. Instead, the competition economist argues that companies should be regulated and their specific behavior controlled.

To the Interview at wiwo.de