Lobbying in the United States and Europe

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This paper examines Europe as a general and unitized entity and also focuses on the specific countries of France and Austria, as well as taking other central European countries into account, in terms of lobbying practices. The paper considers the many strategies there are in terms of differing lobbying practices in an international and European market compared to the U.S. market and assesses these differences as well as the similarities between the practices.

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"Lobbies in both the United States and Europe are also interested in persuading respective governments about the opportunities and threats of free trade. Protectionism for many developing countries in Central Europe will have a negative affect from both an internal and an external perspective, and many neighboring countries seek their inclusion
in the European Union through active lobbying practices. Protectionism is often thought of as being prohibitive to free trade and global expansion, but there are also lobbies in both the United States and Europe who would convince their respective governments that free trade represents a risk overflow that is prohibitive. From an internal perspective, if a country has a protectionist system internally, it will not be able to open up its domestic markets to global capital and its consumers will suffer from a limited choice of products. This is why many of the most powerful lobbies are based on the advocacy of free trade."

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