# Professor Nicholas Economides shares his outlook on the European Union's case against Amazon

1 Faculty News July 17, 2019 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-overhaul-marketplace-terms-as-part-of-german-settlement-11563353036?mod=djemalertNEWS) -- "'It’s an innovative case,' said [Nicholas Economides](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides), an economics professor who looks at competition issues at New York University Stern School of Business. He thinks the EU has a real challenge if it attempts to show that Amazon’s use of the data is anticompetitive. 'Information alone is not going to make the case,” Mr. Economides said."

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