tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5958034991179687411..comments2016-12-09T15:24:49.774+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Google News: French and Belgian models to remain isolated examples?Rosie Burbidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04620450399931331172noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-56063274488043087722013-02-17T11:57:05.879+00:002013-02-17T11:57:05.879+00:00The confidence with which Google is negotiating wi...The confidence with which Google is negotiating with different European governments shows that it knows how powerful its (effective) monopoly position is.  However Europe is a different beast from the US, and ultimately the European Commission can wade in whenever it needs to, and it&#39;s never afraid to suggest new ways of regulating things.  China&#39;s solution in similar circumstances is to provide home-grown equivalents, and perhaps one day Europe will also learn that trick when US companies start to become a little too aggressive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com