Distorted images of American regulatory ideas and practices frame foreign responses to these practices as well as foreign views of the economic policies of the United States. US power both embeds and contributes to these distorted images. This article highlights the evolution of these distortions and the ways in which business history has intertwined with legal and political history throughout the evolution, It focuses on a specific area of regulation – antitrust or competition law – in order to ground the more general discussion. The article provides insights into the relationship between cognitive distance and power and into its pernicious effects on transnational discussions and decisions involving competition law.

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距离棱镜与权力棱镜：审视美国的监管传统

美国监管理念和做法的扭曲形象构成了外国对这些做法的反应以及外国对美国经济政策的看法。美国的力量既嵌入又助长了这些扭曲的形象。本文重点介绍了这些扭曲的演变以及商业史在整个演变过程中与法律和政治史交织在一起的方式，它侧重于监管的特定领域——反垄断或竞争法——以便为更广泛的讨论奠定基础。这篇文章深入探讨了认知距离与权力之间的关系及其对涉及竞争法的跨国讨论和决策的有害影响。