Communications in Europe: Industrial Policy and Competition -- Columbia Insititute for Tele-Informa

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       COMMUNICATIONS IN EUROPE: INDUSTRIAL POLICY AND COMPETITION


                              6 April 1994


                Columbia Insititute for Tele-Information
                        Columbia Business School
                           New York, New York




                                18:00-20:30


      Misunderstanding, Fears, and the Reality of Modern Industrial
                                 Policy


                            Martin Bangemann
                 Commissioner, European Union, Brussels
                  Former Minister of Economics, Germany


                              Respondents:


                               Lee de Boer
                    President, HBO International, USA
                           Edward D. Horowitz
            Senior Vice President, Viacom International, USA
                              Walter Katlow
                 President, Ameritech International, USA
                           George Vradenburg*
                 Executive Vice President, Fox Inc, USA




                              20:30-21:00


                        Cocktails, Faculty House




*To be confirmed


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The growth of international trade has increased pressures on
already sensitive areas of national sovereignty.  The global
aspect of communications and its influence on other areas of the
economy make communications a key issue in trade negotiations.
European communication trade policy continues to influence global
tendencies toward an open global marketplace, or alternatively
(as foreshadowed by recent NAFTA agreements) in the direction of
multinational trading blocks.


Arguably, the  regional presence of non - European
telecommunications, computing, and media firms in the greater
European market offers several benefits:  stimulating market
development in major industry sectors; promoting cooperation
among European Union firms; and marketing innovative capabilities
through  joint-ventures, partnerships, and other frameworks.
>From this perspective, opposition to an expanded role for
non-European companies (particularly prominent in industrial
policy discussions) appears at times archaic.


As  three industry sectors converge and information technology
(IT) specialization develops,'extra' and 'intra'-continental
players  become increasingly interdependent in domestic markets.
Where should European trade policy position influential insiders,
who have positioned themselves from without?  How should US
communications policy-makers address similar issues?


Organizers:    Eli M. Noam
               Aine Ni Shuilleabhain
               Alex Wolfson




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