The Spread of DMA-Like Competition Policies around the World
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The EU’s Digital Market Act (DMA) has become the default in digital competition policy, with many other countries following suit in implementing or exploring similar domestic legislation. The act requires large digital service providers, defined as “gatekeepers,” to abide by ex-ante competition rules that preempt anticompetitive behavior. The increase in copycat legislation using the DMA as a template will inevitably raise compliance costs for large service providers, disproportionately targeting U.S. tech giants. The lack of a strongly articulated U.S. digital competition policy as an alternative to the European standard has allowed the entrenchment of the DMA as the dominant model for domestic digital competition policy around the world. This report offers a comprehensive overview of where digital competition legislation efforts around the world stand and draws out key similarities, differences, and concerns across these efforts.
This report is made possible through generous support from the Computer & Communications Industry Association.