U.S. economist declines top EU antitrust job offer after backlash

BRUSSELS, July 19 (Xinhua) -- American economist Fiona Scott Morton has withdrawn from her appointment as the European Commission's chief competition economist, the Commission's Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager said here on Wednesday.

"Professor Fiona Scott Morton has informed me of her decision to not take up the post as chief competition economist," Vestager said on her Twitter account.

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