in the trump of ministration on a collision course. as we told you yesterday european union authorities have opened an investigation into amazon related to how they have treated merchants selling on the amazon platform while the investigation is in its early stages we thought it deserved more attention and we do that now i m pleased to be joined by our friend an antitrust attorney andre barlow and buy r t correspondent peter oliver who joins us from the e.u. in berlin gentlemen welcome thanks for being here i d like peter you to sort of step the stage and get out some of the issues that are going to be investigated. ok well what s. the european commission is looking into and this preliminary stages where that allison abused its position. the e-commerce platform which was selling products from a third party vendors like let s put this in a simple example say i come up with a product that s called all of this wouldn t. sell them through than amazon can then see exactly who s bu
act under the countering america s adversaries through thanks act but said the ultimate target of these sanctions is russia and president donald trump is now lashing out at the world s top postal policy body and seized on an apparent anomaly perhaps even an absurdity in the global postal rate setting system which is overseen by the universal postal union or the u.p.a. the u.p.a. you an agency of the united nations the issue is that you policies make it more expensive to mail get this items from the us to china than the other way around late last month the administration sent a memo seeking to alter the policy but the u.p.c. is not demure and has deferred a decision to the next u.p.c. meeting with doesn t take place until twenty twenty which seems to place the u.p.c. in the trump of ministration on a collision course. as we told you yesterday european union of priorities have opened an investigation into amazon related to how they have treated merchants selling on the amazon p
related to do these retailers have some other avenue to get their products out onto the internet so they can make sales or are they really beholden to amazon and they have to serve through amazon if you can determine that they they do have market power that amazon does have market power well then in the e.u. the a dominant firm has a special responsibility not to distort competition so this would put amazon in a bad position if the european commission were able to show that amazon does indeed have market power in the united states little bit different because we re talking about a consumer welfare standards and they re the analysis really is about the you know what is the alleged and i competitive activity does it lead to more consumer harm or benefit great very interesting peter i do so impressed when i first read this because it s different than. you know we re all concerned about facebook and google getting information on privacy from individuals and the merchant certainly
uncover john hickenlooper, chair of the commerce committee. it is my pleasure to host the session. i would effect of governors for joining us. making time on your agenda. i think this will be an exciting session. let s get started. states continue to be the debaters of innovation and innovative policy. is that more true than policies that states are pursuing to prepare for the nations transportation networks. as new and innovative technologies truly revolutionize the sector. as we see change occurring at an amazing rate the governors are reshaping how states consider infrastructure investments. we will examine the challenges and opportunities for states and innovative technology as it becomes an integral part of the upper structure. i m hoping this conversation will provide a chance to examine policy solutions spurring the safe transition and implementation of new technologies into our roadways and share success i know many of you have already had. in colorado with regard
this next panel included transportation secretary elaine chao. who talked about infrastructure investment and innovation on the state and federal level. this is an hour. all right. good afternoon. i m governor john hicken looper, the chair of the nga s economic and commerce committee. it s my pleasure to host today s closing plenary session. i want to thank all the governors for joining us. making time on your agenda. this is i think going to be an exciting session. so let s get started. states continue to be the incubators of innovation and innovative policy. and no place is that more true than policies that states are pursuing to prepare for the nation s transportation networks. as new and innovative technologies truly revolutionize this sector, and as we see change occurring at an amazing rate, governors are reshaping how states consider infrastructure investments. this afternoon we re going to examine the challenges and opportunities for states as innovative technology be