Protectionist measures that favor dominant firms in domestic markets only extend the inevitable process of globalization, making it more expensive for consumers.
Whether a milk is 'good' or not is decided by consumers themselves by evaluating its quality and cost.Milk has no nationality.It's just milk.
Accepting that Uber, Airbnb and crowfunding are here to stay, the National Markets and Competition Commission of Spain is in favor of reducing requirements for traditional operators and not adding any new regulations for incoming competitors.
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The incursion of digital platforms that connect users through collaborative schemes has invaded economies and made life easier for users, but has caused complications for governments whose laws are one step behind the progress being made in markets.
Caps imposed by the Superintendency on tariffs for telecommunications services restrict competition by preventing operators from offering more expensive packages to more affluent segments.
The telecommunications industry is requesting the freeing up of rates with the aim of letting the market itself be responsible for setting them, with oversight by the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel).
"In the eighties Ortega and his cronies harassed private capital and reaped a great economic downturn. Now they are being treated better and the country is running better."
An article by Humberto Belli Pereira in Laprensa.com.ni discusses the symbolism of the Guacalito Island project, in a country ruled by a leftist party whose members, at some point, postulated the most rancid anticapitalist concepts.
Many of the typical requirements established in franchise agreements involve apparent restrictions on free market competition.
An analysis by Pablo Duncan-Linch in Elfinancierocr.com items, says that "the issue is not new", noting that one sector argues that some clauses in franchise agreements violate the rules of free competition, while the drafters of the contracts indicate that "within the framework of a franchise, special rules may be established which in another context might be construed as anti-competitive."
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In some countries today is the "Day of the Businessman", others call it the "Day of the Free Enterprise".
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In El Salvador, many argue if Congress should establish the basic rate of fixed telephony.
An article in Elsalvador.com remarks that "economic analysts and representatives of the private sector argue that lawmakers shouldn't regulate prices, as they intend to do with a decree to lower the basic fee for fixed telephony. Manuel Enrique Hinds considers the Assembly should not be lowering or increasing rates, as that is one of the functions of the Telecommunications Superintendence".
The average Latin American voter wants fridges and washing machines. He has abandoned ideological banners and demands prosperity.
The presidential election of business tycoon Sebastián Piñera in Chile seems to affirm a generalized trend in Latin American voters: free market and pragmatism.
In the form of presidents of moderated tendencies, free market and economic pragmatism are consolidating in Latin America, with some exceptions like Venezuela and Bolivia, and to some extent Argentina and Ecuador.