“Amazon.com is challenging French competition law”
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This article reveals how the French government is attempting to make Amazon.com’s free shipping illegal. Why would a government intervene in the voluntary trade between two private parties and prevent its citizens from receiving free services from a book seller that they obviously value? To protect local, independently-owned French book sellers, of course. Had French citizens cared as much about the book sellers as does the government, they would have chosen to purchase from independent stores instead of from Amazon. Who wins? The inefficient book sellers, the government, and those who support the independent stores. Who loses? All other French citizens.
Kel Kelly @ May 31, 2009