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Alliance of organizations and individuals An open message signed Expression they In the decision of the UK government to appoint a former executive director in Amazon as head of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
The collection, which includes US technology clothes such as Yelp, Duckduckgo and Mozilla, says CMA should be “political pressure free” if it is possible to maintain large technology in the examination and “open positive economic results for the entire economy.”
For the sake of context, the UK monopoly organizer has investigated large technology for all types of violations, as well as its European Union counterparts (European Union), CMA played a role in maintaining the main players in the world of technology under the closure of acquisitions and forcing them to strip.
However, the United Kingdom has sought to restore itself as a pro -growth and supportive country by cutting the red and bureaucratic strip. As part of this, it seems that the government wants to make itself more attractive to external investment by shaking the anti -monopoly unit.
Last month, Reports appeared The UK Ministry of Business and Trade has toppled Marcus Bukerink, President of CMA Doug Gore (In the above picture) that has worked in various roles throughout the United Kingdom in the United Kingdom and China for nearly a decade. Ghor left the Amazon In 2020 To become the director of the Natural History Museum.
“This government has a clear plan for change – to enhance the growth of companies and societies throughout the United Kingdom,” Jonathan ReynoldsThe UK Foreign Minister for Business and Trade said in a statement at the time. “As we started, we want to see the organizers, including CMA, and the super -economy through pro -business decisions that will lead prosperity and growth, and put more money in people’s pockets.”
“Vision loss”
It should be noted that the appointment of Gore is only on a temporary basis at the present time. But he refers to the government’s thinking in terms of the type of person looking to fill the role – a person who has profound relations with great technology. There advertisement Last month, the government said that Madi Ghor in Amazon would enable him to “bring a wealth of experience” from his work in the technology sector.
This step has now stimulated about a decoration of bodies to treat a message to many government ministers, including Reynolds and Treasury Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The two sites include that Duckduckgo, Yelp and Mozilla reveals how smaller technology companies in Europe (including UK) are displayed as a temporary store of the global Big Tech influence.
Other organizations such as the Future of Technology Institute, the Books Service Association, the application cleaning alliance, and the Open Markets Institute have also put their names in the letter.
“After removing the CMA chair and replacing it with a former executive director in Amazon, we are concerned that the UK government is losing its commitment to enforce strong competition from DMU (Digital Market Unit) CMA operating system and independence, “The message says.” Growth and innovation will not be achieved in the long, sustainable and comprehensive term if CMA focuses only on the interests of the largest companies and is transferred from its basic state to maintain and enhance competitive markets. “
The CMA digital market unit has been prepared specifically to address large technology, and the sites note that this unit should not be at risk due to the political influence.
“The new government must be reliable DMU by the government and independent of political pressure if it wants to open the positive economic results of the entire economy,” the message says. “Only then, large technology companies will be forced to hold honest conversations with companies and consumers on how to enhance positive economic results, instead of pressing the organizer to reduce the bold treatments required. In short, DMU – and CMA – will not only enhance growth if it is Really independently.
The full text of the letter, the list of signatories, below.
The RT Hon Rachel Reeves MP
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copy: RT Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Business and Trade; RT Hon Peter Kyle MP, Minister of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; Baroneh Jones from Whitchurch, State Undersecretary for the Future Digital Economy and Safety online
Dear Chancellor,
We are a wide range of medium and volume technology companies, commercial societies, civil society organizations, and experts who have long called for greater competition in digital markets through the new digital market unit system (“DMU”). Like the Prime Minister, we want to see the authority of competition and markets (“” CMA “) taking growth seriously. But sustainable growth and comprehensive innovation will only be achieved by destroying the barriers that prevent competition, and not by leaving them standing.
After removing the CMA chair and replacing it with a former Amazon executive director, we are concerned that the UK government is losing its commitment to enforce the strong competition of the DMU system and the CMA operating independence. Growth and innovation will not be achieved in the long, sustainable and comprehensive term if CMA focuses only on the interests of the largest companies and is transferred from its basic mandate to maintain and enhance competitive markets.
The previous Ante forces in the Digital Market Law, Competition and Consumer (“DMCCA” are fully distinguished from other CMA accessories, such as the integration operations system, designed because they make decisions specifically designed to organize a handful of companies with high competitive power. The new DMU system must be trusted by the government and independent of political pressure if it wants to open the positive economic results of the entire economy. Only then, large technology companies will be forced to hold honest conversations with companies and consumers on how to enhance positive economic results, instead of pressuring the organizer to reduce the bold treatments required. In short, the DMU – and CMA – will not only enhance growth if it is really operating.
The Labor Party has long supported the need for a strong and urgent action to address the technology sector monopoly in the United Kingdom, including during the passage of DMCCA. We agree with you when I wrote that “the new monopolies of the basic system capitalism such as Google, Facebook and Amazon (…) exercise monopoly on knowledge and information” and “banning competitive markets”. I was right to say that “monopolies need to be dismantled to make sure that the markets are competitive.”
Since I wrote these words in 2018, little has changed – in fact, the largest current technology monopoly has gained strength, and is now benefiting from its hegemony to ensure strangulation in the new markets. As defined by the Foreman review, and the multiple expert studies that have been followed all over the world, the largest competition in the digital markets, which are imposed by independent and neutral organizers, is the key to launching the basic task of economic growth, and not an obstacle to it. CMA independence must be defined precisely if it wants to follow its mission in the face of aggressive pressure from technology giants and other acquired interests, whose only goal is to defend the trenches that protect their monopolistic rents.
If the United Kingdom companies are finally able to compete with large technology companies in the field of playing at a level, this will open investment, innovation and critical growth without limiting the ability of these companies to invest in the British economy if they are selected. In fact, DMCCA enforcement will be launched throughout the economy in the UK.
CMA has shown that Apple and Google managed to earn more than 4 billion pounds of profits in 2021 of its UK mobile companies over what was required to a bonus to some extent. The organizer also showed that the cost of the digital advertisement was 500 pounds per family in 2019 – or 14 billion pounds – much higher than it will be in a competitive market. Open options, confidence, transparency, and fair handling of the UK will help with prosperity and give UK consumers the best, cheaper and broader range of products and services. The most competitive and diverse digital economy will help ensure the participation of the benefits of new technologies on a wider scale, reduces UK’s dangerous dependencies, and gives citizens much more independence and their choice on how to exchange information and interact with each other online.
We note that in the surroundings of the press, government officials stated that “there was frustration in all fields of business” with regard to CMA performance, with the government hearing “misery of everyone.” We will encourage the government to listen closely to hundreds of thousands of companies across the United Kingdom that must do commercial businesses in monopolistic markets every day, and to properly financing and independent lobby groups, which claims to represent the interests of small companies and startups to understand the groups that It really represents the broader economy.
In fact, we still support the approach that CMA has followed in recent years in developing a new competition for digital markets, investigating harmful behavior by the largest current technology companies, and investigating mergers that risk more focus, building a world -a team of digital experts and technology. He is an internationally respectful organizer, not at least because of his approach to digital organization, which is now followed all over the world.
We hope that the government will use the upcoming strategic guidance to CMA to reaffirm its obligations to the regulation’s operational independence and the rapid implementation of a new system in support of the competition for digital markets. We welcome the opportunity to meet you to discuss how we can work together to achieve this.
You sincerely,
Individual:
- Professor Amelia Fletcher, CBE, East Anglia (former non-executive director, CMA; member of the HM Treasury-Furman Review)
- Professor Derek McCole, University of Nottingham (member, Committee of Experts in the Digital Treasury – Foreman Review)
- Professor Philippe Marsen, Bank of England (member, Committee of Experts in Hm Treasury Digital Competition – Foreman Review)
- Sir Vince Kabul, former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Business, Innovation and Skills
Organizations:
- Article 19
- Balanced Economy Project
- Books Speakers Association
- An alliance for fair application
- Duckduckgo
- Ecosia
- foxglove
- Technology Future Institute
- Getyourguide
- Kelko Group
- Mindo Center for Technology and Democracy at Cambridge University
- Mozilla
- Media Association
- Odda dating and discovery association (ODDA)
- Open Markets Institute
- Proton
- Public Authority News Corporation
- PPA (Professional Publishers Association)
- Technology reset
- Online responsible trade coalition
- Skyscanner
- Authors Association
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