TechREG® Chronicle – Tech Industrial Policy
TechREG Chronicle® March 2026
Dear Readers, This Chronicle brings together contributions that explore the evolving relationship between industrial policy, competition, regulation & technological change from complementary angles. To open this edition, we present a summary of a CPI Talks interview with Michael Mandel (Progressive Policy Institute), who argues that tech industrial policy should...
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