<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><div><div class="footnotes" id="footnotes-466705" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><ol style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0.65em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; font-size: 1.1rem !important; line-height: 2rem !important;"><li id="fn-466705-41" class="selectionShareable _mPS2id-t" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; line-height: 2; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="footnotereverse" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2019/02/27/466705/u-s-trade-policy-north-america-china-beyond/#fnref-466705-41" in_tag="ol" kaspersky_status="skipped" class="_mPS2id-h" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease; -webkit-transition: color 150ms ease; color: rgb(35, 94, 189);"></a></span></li><li id="fn-466705-42" class="selectionShareable _mPS2id-t" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1rem !important; line-height: 2; word-wrap: break-word;">See, for example, DW, “EU blocks Siemens-Alstom merger citing ‘serious’ competition issues,” February 6, 2019, available at <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/eu-blocks-siemens-alstom-merger-citing-serious-competition-issues/a-47382406" in_tag="ol" kaspersky_status="skipped" checked_link="https://www.dw.com/en/eu-blocks-siemens-alstom-merger-citing-serious-competition-issues/a-47382406" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease; -webkit-transition: color 150ms ease; color: rgb(35, 94, 189);" class="">https://www.dw.com/en/eu-blocks-siemens-alstom-merger-citing-serious-competition-issues/a-47382406</a>; Lina Saigol, “Why the EU Commission was right to derail the Alstom-Siemens rail merger,” MarketWatch, February 8, 2019, available at <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-eu-commission-was-right-to-derail-the-alstom-siemens-rail-merger-2019-02-08" in_tag="ol" kaspersky_status="skipped" checked_link="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-eu-commission-was-right-to-derail-the-alstom-siemens-rail-merger-2019-02-08" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease; -webkit-transition: color 150ms ease; color: rgb(35, 94, 189);" class="">https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-the-eu-commission-was-right-to-derail-the-alstom-siemens-rail-merger-2019-02-08</a>. In addition, for an analysis on the relationship between monopoly in the U.S. and China, see Matt Stoller, “If the U.S. Doesn’t Control Corporate Power, China Will,” <em style="box-sizing: inherit;" class="">Foreign Policy</em>, October 11, 2018, available at <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/11/if-the-u-s-doesnt-control-corporate-power-china-will/" in_tag="ol" kaspersky_status="skipped" checked_link="https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/11/if-the-u-s-doesnt-control-corporate-power-china-will/" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease; -webkit-transition: color 150ms ease; color: rgb(35, 94, 189);" class="">https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/10/11/if-the-u-s-doesnt-control-corporate-power-china-will/</a>. <span class="footnotereverse" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2019/02/27/466705/u-s-trade-policy-north-america-china-beyond/#fnref-466705-42" in_tag="ol" kaspersky_status="skipped" class="_mPS2id-h" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: none; transition: color 150ms ease; -webkit-transition: color 150ms ease; color: rgb(35, 94, 189);"></a></span></li></ol></div></div></body></html>