Tag: COVID-19
UK Watchdog Criticized for Disbanding Covid Unit
The UK competition regulator has been criticized by lawyers and its former chair Andrew Tyrie for closing a COVID-19 unit at the start of...
CPI TV Ten Minutes With ACCC Chair Rod Sims
Below, we have provided the full transcript of the interview with Rod Sims, Chair of the Australia Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), recorded on...
UK Regulator Warns COVID-19 Test Providers
Private companies that sell COVID-19 tests to holidaymakers have been told to “get on the right side of the law” by the competition regulator,...
UK Lowers Cost Of COVID-19 Travel Tests After Probe
Britain said on Friday it was cutting the cost of COVID-19 tests for travel from the National Health Service (NHS) and was reviewing the...
Challenges and Changes for Competition Authorities During and Post Covid-19
By Yungshin Jang (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
The COVID-19 has threatened almost every sector with unwanted challenges and risks. Competition policies are no...
UK Regulator To Investigate Pricing Of Covid Tests For Travel
UK's competition watchdog is looking into fees for the COVID-19 tests required for international travel after concerns about the vastly different prices being charged...
A Procompetitive Approach – Benign for the COVID-19 Vaccine Market in...
By G.R. Bhatia1 & Aaditya Ranbir Sahgal2
In order to quell the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, and also to keep its third wave...
EC Calls For COVID-Inspired Consumer Protections
The European Commission on Tuesday, June 30, proposed revisions to two sets of EU regulations protecting consumer rights.
“We are stepping up consumer protection on...
EU Court Considers German Bailout For Thomas Cook Airline
Ryanair persuaded the EU’s second-highest court Wednesday, June 9, that a COVID-19 bailout package for a German charter flight operator was against the the...
What Pandemic Changes Will Be Lasting and Affect Antitrust Practice?
By: Steven J. Cernak (The Antitrust Attorney)
With the number of vaccinations rising and mask mandates going away, it appears that life might be heading back towards something...