Tag: Anti-Monopoly
China Has New Chief Of National Anti-Monopoly Bureau
China's State Council has appointed a female deputy minister at its market regulator to head the antitrust bureau, reported Reuters.
Gan Lin, currently deputy minister...
Anti-Monopoly Group Rebuts Tech Claim Antitrust Push Risks US Security
A coalition of anti-monopoly groups attacked the claim by US technology giants that bills aiming to crimp their power pose national security risks, arguing...
China’s Watchdog Fines 12 Firms With New Anti-Monopoly Law
China’s market regulator said Friday that it fined a dozen companies, including games company Tencent Holdings and Chinese search engine firm Baidu, for not...
China To Strengthen Anti-Monopoly Policing In 2021
An annual central conference for China’s judicial, prosecution, and public security work promised to strengthen law enforcement and judicial work against monopolies and unfair...
Mexico Opens Probe On Oxygen Price Hikes During COVID
Mexico’s anti-monopoly commission announced it is looking into possible price-fixing or monopolistic practices in the market for medical oxygen, after pharmacies reported a spike...
China Publishes Draft Amendments to Anti-Monopoly Law
By Andrew Foster & Julia Zhu (Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP)
For the first time since China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) came into force...
Indonesia: Anti-monopoly body to investigate nickel smelters
The Indonesia nickel miners association said on Wednesday the country’s anti-monopoly body has launched an investigation into alleged cartel practices impacting pricing by local...
China: Gov finds “massive evidence” in DRAM anti-monopoly probe
The Financial Times reported Monday, November 19, that the Chinese government had found "massive evidence" of antitrust violations by DRAM the oligopoly. The China...
Russia: FAS head blames state for “semi-feudal” economy
Russia’s Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) chief Igor Artemyev criticized the Russian economy in an interview with newspaper Kommersant on Tuesday, September 25, saying, “In...
Bulgaria: Regulator blocks CEZ and Nova TV deals
Bulgaria's anti-monopoly body has blocked two multimillion deals, saying the buyers might achieve market dominance through a concentration of ownership in both cases. In...
