State aid policies: an instrument for increased competitiveness?
PAST
EVENT
EVENT
Sep 11, 2013
00:00 - 00:00
While EU companies are facing growing competition from emerging markets, it is crucial to rethink the role of state aid policies with a view to reinforcing the industrial base and competitiveness of European industry vis-à-vis the rest of the world. It is essential for the EU to strengthen the competitiveness of its industry while maintaining its core values of internal competition and non-discrimination among EU companies, and to create an industrial eco-system where small and large companies can work together. During this Policy Lunch, Gert-Jan Koopman, Deputy Director General for State Aids at DG Competition, spoke abaout the role of state aid in the context of a renewed industrial policy.
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