{"id":109196,"date":"2020-11-10T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/opinion-heres-why-the-eu-is-charging-amazon-with-distorting-competition-and-what-it-means-for-big-tech\/"},"modified":"2020-11-10T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T16:22:00","slug":"opinion-heres-why-the-eu-is-charging-amazon-with-distorting-competition-and-what-it-means-for-big-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-heres-why-the-eu-is-charging-amazon-with-distorting-competition-and-what-it-means-for-big-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Opinion: Here\u2019s why the EU is charging Amazon with distorting competition, and what it means for Big Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dcb9a373ff\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-heres-why-the-eu-is-charging-amazon-with-distorting-competition-and-what-it-means-for-big-tech\/#European_Commission_Vice-President_Margrethe_Vestager\" >European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/opinion-heres-why-the-eu-is-charging-amazon-with-distorting-competition-and-what-it-means-for-big-tech\/#Pierre_Briancon\" >Pierre Brian\u00e7on<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Opinion: Here\u2019s why the EU is charging Amazon with distorting competition, and what it means for Big Tech<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_European_Commissions_decision_on_Tuesday_which_was_expected_will_add_to_the_online_retailers_woes_in_Europe\"><\/span>\n  The European Commission\u2019s decision on Tuesday, which was expected, will add to the online retailer\u2019s woes in Europe<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000063481\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:58.828125%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"58.828125%\" data-layout-ratio=\"58.828125%\" data-subtype=\"\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=140&amp;size=1.699867197875166 140w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=540&amp;size=1.699867197875166 540w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=620&amp;size=1.699867197875166 620w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=700&amp;size=1.699867197875166 700w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=860&amp;size=1.699867197875166 860w,\nhttps:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=1260&amp;size=1.699867197875166 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 700px) 660px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=620&amp;size=1.699867197875166\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-257725?width=1260&amp;size=1.699867197875166\" alt=\"\" title=\"European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager.\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"European_Commission_Vice-President_Margrethe_Vestager\"><\/span>European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       The European Commission on Tuesday brought formal charges against Amazon for \u201cillegally distorting competition\u201d on the online retail market through its use of data on its platform\u2019s independent sellers. The watchdog separately started a second probe into the online retail giant\u2019s e-commerce practices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<ul class=\"articleList\">\n<li>\n      Margrethe Vestager, the Commission vice president who oversees the European Union\u2019s competition watchdog, said in a press conference that the accumulation of data from 800,000 vendors on more than a billion items fed directly into Amazon<br \/>\n        AMZN,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210331248\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-3.54%<\/bg-quote><span>\u2019s<\/span><br \/>\n       algorithms and allowed the group to then focus on the bestselling items.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      The move comes after a nearly two-year formal probe on Amazon\u2019s \u201cdual role\u201d as a platform for third-party vendors and seller of its own goods. Vestager noted that Amazon had abused its dominant position in Germany and France, Europe\u2019s largest markets.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      The new probe will focus on Amazon\u2019s \u201cbuy box\u201d that pops up when customers are shopping on the internet, and its Prime service. European authorities suspect Amazon of giving a preferred treatment to the independent vendors using its logistics and delivery services to the detriment of others.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      Amazon said in a release, published as Vestager was speaking, that it \u201cdisagreed with the preliminary assertions\u201d of the Commission. The company \u201crepresents less than 1% of the global retail market, and there are larger retailers in every country in which [it operates],\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The outlook:<\/strong> Vestager, who had already sl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed more than \u20ac8 billion of fines on Google<br \/>\n        GOOGL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202490156\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-1.82%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       is reinforcing her reputation as a tough competition enforcer, and the scourge of Big Tech. But Amazon is also the target of similar probes elsewhere, notably in the U.S., in California and the state of Washington.<\/p>\n<p> The Commission\u2019s decision, which was expected, will add to the online retailer\u2019s woes in Europe. Amazon is already one of the big internet companies targeted by the governments of major European countries such as Germany, France and the U.K., for failing to pay taxes where it actually makes profit.<\/p>\n<p>Once the company has presented its observations to the EU watchdog, it would have to comply with its demands after the unavoidable lawsuits have run their courses, and propose steps to comply with the Vestager\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n<p>If it persists, the group has ample means to pay another billion-euro fine. Its shares are up more than 60% this year, boosted by the rise of online sales due to the coronavirus pandemic. But the legal principle, and possible precedent, may be more important to the group than the actual amount of the fine it risks paying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct. 2020:<\/strong> Why the EU is drawing up a \u2018hit list\u2019 of Big Tech players like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and Google <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Pierre Brian\u00e7on\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pierre_Briancon\"><\/span>Pierre Brian\u00e7on<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/story.asp?guid=%7B21004575-02D4-D4B5-4572-DF7F9AEEE0D1%7D&#038;siteid=rss&#038;rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;# Opinion: Here\u2019s why the EU is charging Amazon with distorting competition, and what it means for Big Tech &#8221; The European Commission\u2019s decision on Tuesday, which was expected, will add to the online retailer\u2019s woes in Europe European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager. 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