IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh has been quoted in Marketplace urging the government to outcompete the EU on tech, rather than embracing its hard-line regulatory approach.

The article said:

“‘The U.K. has taken an even more aggressive anti-tech line than even the European Union,’ observed Matthew Lesh of the free market-oriented Institute of Economic Affairs.

“Microsoft fumed that the U.K.’s decision showed that the country was closed for business and opposed to innovation and inward investment. Lesh agreed.

“‘This is a missed opportunity for the U.K. to differentiate itself from the EU and be somewhere where it’s easier to do business and it’s easier to invest,’ he said.”

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