EU Tweaks Antitrust Rulebook to Help Boost Bloc’s ‘Resilience’

The European Commission proposed competition-regulatory plans to grant dominant firms more leeway if they support the EU’s “resilience” amid growing supply-chain pressure from overseas threats. While the change is aimed at improving robustness, it may also raise concerns about weaker antitrust enforcement for market leaders, creating uncertainty for affected sectors. Expect the biggest impact to be on companies most likely to be classified as dominant and on competition-sensitive business models.