‘Pro-growth’ M&A policing is a misnomer

From Reuters.

The transatlantic trustbusting consensus forged by Lina Khan and Margrethe Vestager (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/new-eu-antitrust-tsar-has-better-tools-harder-job-2024-08-27/) is already fraying. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists discuss if it will lead to mergers (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/hostile-eu-bank-ma-raises-risk-winners-curse-2025-01-30/) involving national champions (https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/eu-champions-hope-will-slam-into-hard-ma-reality-2024-10-16/) such as GSK and BP, and in turn remedy some economic ills.

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