首页
登录
职称英语
The U.S. and China don’t agree on much these days. Germany and France share
The U.S. and China don’t agree on much these days. Germany and France share
游客
2024-03-07
58
管理
问题
The U.S. and China don’t agree on much these days. Germany and France share a border and a currency but are frequently at odds. The U.K. and India like to march to their own drum. But there’s one issue on which all these countries see eye to eye: Technology companies are too big, too powerful, and too profitable. And that power is only likely to intensify, leaving governments with no choice but to confront it head-on by taking the companies to court, passing new competition laws, and perhaps even breaking up the tech giants.
China is the latest to implement an anti-trust crackdown, unveiling anti-monopoly rules last month. The draft rules followed the surprise suspension of a $37 billion stock offering by billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co., making clear that no company can evade the government’s regulation. The moves in China coincide with accelerating efforts in the U.S. and Europe to rein in Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook, and Google.
"The big get bigger and bigger but without being better," says Andreas Schwab, a German member of the European Parliament who championed a 2014 resolution to break up Google. "Growing economic power, growing influence on local markets all over the world, and a growing concern of competitors and consumers altogether have made it happen now."
In this new anti-trust era, the old focus on pricing power no longer applies, because several of the biggest tech companies have established trillion-dollar monopolies by charging consumers next to nothing. Tech giants are increasingly assuming powerful positions in banking, finance, advertising, retail, and other markets that force smaller businesses to rely on their platforms to reach customers.
For years, Europe alone confronted the power of digital giants. Governments were alarmed that European companies were failing to match Silicon Valley’s innovations or to stop Google and Facebook from vacuuming up personal data and, with that, advertising revenue. Led by Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition chief, countries have sought to police the market and encourage fair play.
In China the crackdown has been driven at least partly by fear that the homegrown tech industry is becoming too powerful. The country has long championed Alibaba and Tencent, but their massive accumulation of data on the Chinese citizenry is a growing concern for Beijing.
In the U.S., a new breed of anti-trust experts argues that consideration should be given to privacy, control over data, workers’ rights, and the overall impact on smaller companies. And the public in general have grown increasingly skeptical of social media companies. More than 60% say the sector has a negative effect on the country, and almost half want more regulation for social media, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center study. [br] How are smaller companies impacted by tech giants’ business expansion?
选项
A、They can no longer do business independent of tech giants.
B、They are frequently denied access to tech giants’ platforms.
C、They have to change marketing strategies to keep customers.
D、They no longer have the power to price their own products.
答案
A
解析
根据题干信息词smaller companies可将答案线索定位至第四段。smaller companies对应原文的smaller businesses。第四段最后一句提到“科技巨头在银行、金融、广告、零售和其他市场越来越占据强势地位,迫使规模较小的企业依靠其平台接触客户”,即小型企业只能通过科技巨头的平台来开展业务,A项符合题意。B、C两项原文均未提及。D项利用了原文的信息设置干扰,第四段第一句提到“在这个新的反垄断时代,过去对定价权的关注不再适用”,即过去的垄断企业有定价权,通过高额售价获取超级多的利润,与现在小型企业是否有权力为自己的产品定价无关,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3512059.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:So,you’veseenobviouslylifeinFrance,familylifeinFranc
[originaltext]M:So,you’veseenobviouslylifeinFrance,familylifeinFranc
[originaltext]M:So,you’veseenobviouslylifeinFrance,familylifeinFranc
TheU.S.andChinadon’tagreeonmuchthesedays.GermanyandFranceshare
TheU.S.andChinadon’tagreeonmuchthesedays.GermanyandFranceshare
TheU.S.andChinadon’tagreeonmuchthesedays.GermanyandFranceshare
TheU.S.andChinadon’tagreeonmuchthesedays.GermanyandFranceshare
TheU.S.andChinadon’tagreeonmuchthesedays.GermanyandFranceshare
TheU.S.andChinadon’tagreeonmuchthesedays.GermanyandFranceshare
TheU.S.andChinadon’tagreeonmuchthesedays.GermanyandFranceshare
随机试题
[originaltext]Wouldyouliketoworkhereoratourdowntownheadquarters?(A)D
与相邻房间的温差为()时,应计算通过隔墙或楼板等的传热量。A.≥6℃ B.
安全标志按其用途可分为()、警告标志、指令标志和提示标志四大类型。A.禁令
金鱼藻是一种高等沉水植物,有关研究结果如图所示(图中净光合速率是指实际光合速率与
患者男,60岁。因肝硬化并发上消化道出血,出现言语不清,举止反常,定向力和理解力
工作岗位分析对各类工作岗位所进行的系统研究,其具体研究的内容包括( )。A.
(2021年真题)医疗机构根据本单位临床需要,经批准可以配制制剂。下列符合医疗机
可能增加严重心血管疾病风险,减肥治疗的风险大于获益,已于2010年10月在我国停
P450催化的反应为( )。A.苯转化为苯酚 B.环氧化物转化为二醇化合物
根据《标准化法》的规定,按照标准的级别不同,可把标准分为()。 A.
最新回复
(
0
)