The importance of competition policy in European integration
Xueyan Hu
Edinburgh University Wuchang District
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/bam.v6i4.8365
Keywords: European Integration; European Union; Economic Integration; Competition Policy
Abstract
As the largest supranational organization and economic bloc in the world, the integration of European Union has always been one of the most popular objects in the field of international relation study. And among all the policies of European integration, competition policy can be considered as the most significant and instructive. This paper will analyse the history of competition policy and its development in the European integration process, and to profile its value as a reference for similar organizations in other regions of the world.
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