Global regulatory competition on digital rights and data protection: A novel and contractive form of Eurocentrism?

Abstract Global regulatory competition is a recent phenomenon that confronts us in various different fields, ranging from food and chemical safety to climate change, animal welfare environmental law. The digital economy not immune this trend, it seems highly unlikely will soon come an end when we consider the radical differences between European Union United States with respect importance they assign right privacy freedom of speech. Nevertheless, despite their content, can be contended both tend disregard interest others even though have enough resources at disposal take them seriously. This becomes visible case law CJEU regulations such as GDPR US CLOUD Act are taken into account. Their similar attitude regulating for globe raises question whether confronted new type Eurocentrism, which more contracted introverted than previous expansionist version. article argues unilateralism should selfless one necessarily outsiders if acquire legitimacy.