ECONOMIC AND LEGAL REGULATION OF COMPETITION: THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES EXPERIENCE

The research aims to reveal the relationship between the investment flows from major partners (the United States and China) and the indicators of competition regulation in EU countries (as in the case of France and Germany, where the need to protect national markets is advocated) at the international level in the context of geopolitical issues. The research identifies a non-linear relationship between the PMR 2018 score and Inward FDI, indicating differences between countries in terms of competition regulation impact on FDI attraction. According to the level of competition regulation impact, three groups of countries have been distinguished: 1) countries where competition regulation has an adverse impact on attracting FDI; (2) countries where competition management has minor impact on attracting FDI; (3) countries where competition regulation affects FDI.