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This is The Capitol Forum’s Big Tech tracker, where we follow investigations and other proceedings targeting technology giants like Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta (META) and more across the EU. Here, we monitor and bring you up to date on cases launched under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act and traditional antitrust rules, […]
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Remedies no longer an option in MMG/Anglo American nickel deal • Our conference on the EU’s digital markets rules sets...
Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and the California attorney general’s discussions to settle a suit to block the studio’s proposed Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition have reached an advanced stage as negotiators work within the parameters of the parties’ contrasting economic goals,...
The Co-operative Group is preparing to offer store divestments to secure UK antitrust approval for its acquisition of Southern Co-op following an initial review, after abandoning potential plans to argue the target was a failing firm, according to sources close to the...
The European Commission on Thursday cleared the final procedural hurdle to implement provisional safeguard measures on global imports of grain-oriented electrical steel and related downstream products, including laminations and cores sold separately or as part of transformers. The...
The European Commission is set to open an anti-dumping investigation into imports of steel ropes and cables from India, Thailand and Turkey, according to people familiar with the matter. The move forms part of the EU’s wider effort to protect domestic producers from unfairly priced...
AkzoNobel (AKZA) is prepared to sell part of its business in a bid to clinch phase 1 clearance as it prepares to formally notify the European Commission of its $25 billion merger with Axalta (AXTA) within days, according to people familiar with the...
The European Commission plans to press ahead with global import restrictions, known as safeguard measures, on grain-oriented electrical steel, including material contained in imported transformers, according to people familiar with the...
The European Commission is expected to approve Kimberly-Clark’s (KMB) $48.7 billion proposed acquisition of Kenvue, with remedies, having so far found that the overlap between the companies’ portfolios does not raise significant competition concerns, according to sources familiar with...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Commission ignores Chinese blocking orders • Officials are bringing browsers together to tackle a longtime digital rule...
The European Commission is preparing to launch an anti-dumping investigation into EU imports of cellulose ether from China and South Korea, according to people familiar with the matter. The probe is expected to begin later this month as Brussels steps up efforts to protect European...
The European Commission is leaning toward blocking MMG’s $500 million acquisition of Anglo American (AAL)’s Brazilian ferronickel assets, as officials believe they have enough evidence that the Chinese-controlled buyer could redirect supply away from Europe, according to sources...
The Dutch antitrust watchdog is scrutinizing Google’s online advertising transparency practices and seeking input from publishers—giving EU officials an assist in their enforcement of the bloc’s digital markets...
Temu could face a fine as early as the first quarter of next year if it fails to comply fully with information requests from the European Commission under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, according to people familiar with the...
The European Commission plans to detail its concerns about Kimberly-Clark’s (KMB) proposed $48.7 billion acquisition of Kenvue (KVUE) at a state-of-play meeting next week with representatives of the merging parties, sources familiar with the matter...
Regulators from EU countries are pressing Google (GOOG) and Meta (META) to stop running advertisements for unlicensed gambling services on their platforms, arguing the Big Tech companies may be violating the bloc’s online platform...
Market participants have rejected remedies proposed by JD.com, some companies consulted by the European Commission told The Capitol Forum, saying that the plan would not undo the distortions created in the EU’s single market by the subsidies the Chinese firm is alleged to have...
The EU’s second-highest court today agreed with the European Commission’s decision to prohibit online travel agency Booking’s (BKNG) €1.63 billion ($1.9 billion) bid for Etraveli, strengthening the regulator’s hand to block deals on the ecosystem legal argument weeks before it...
The European Union is attempting a stronger response to the spillover effects of China’s industrial overcapacity by tapping a rarely used provision in anti-dumping investigations, according to a document seen by The Capitol...
In a rare move, officials in the European Commission’s trade department are pushing for the EU to block MMG’s proposed acquisition of Anglo American (AAL)’s nickel operations in Brazil, according to sources familiar with the...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Long-awaited ruling on blocked Booking-Etraveli merger lands • Aramark pursues high-profile challenge in missed deadline...
The European Union is preparing to open an anti-dumping investigation into imports of the widely used plastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) that is expected to target imports from China, South Korea, Taiwan and Mexico, according to people familiar with the...
The European Commission will outline its case for blocking Finland’s UPM-Kymmene’s (HEL: UPM) €1.42 billion proposed joint venture with South Africa’s Sappi (JSE: SAP) at a confidential hearing later this month, based on concerns that it will lead to too much market concentration,...
The European Commission is developing a supply-diversification mechanism that could allow the EU to levy tariffs on critical imports where the bloc is deemed overly reliant on a single country, according to three people familiar with the...
The European Commission shouldn’t be the sole public enforcer of the EU’s digital markets rules, according to the long-sitting head of Germany’s competition watchdog Andreas Mundt, adding that giving member states enforcement powers could make it easier for national authorities to...
Deutsche Boerse (DBKG) is preparing to file its proposed acquisition of Allfunds (ALLFUN) with EU regulators as early as next month, according to people with direct knowledge of the...
The European Commission’s effort to tackle limits on cross-border sales of everything from candy to detergent—curbs that can elevate supermarket prices in some member states—is facing delays, raising practical questions and teeing up a fight between member states, grocers and the...
The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email editorial@thecapitolforum.com. In this edition: Congress Outlook: Some interesting...
Spend just a moment researching the entertainment industry, and one thing becomes clear: Behind- the-scenes movie and television workers are...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Google critics fear EU will be slow to ramp up pressure after July penalties • Ethylene cartel judgments cast shadow over...
President Donald Trump confidante and online provocateur Laura Loomer contends there is self- dealing involved in the government’s settlement talks with Ligado Networks centered around Deputy Defense Secretary Steve...
Dutch antibiotics producer Centrient is warning that a careless implementation of the “Buy European” criteria in the EU’s recently agreed Critical Medicines Act (CMA) could decrease competition in the antibiotics market, especially for...
The EU is drawing up measures to curb imports of grain-oriented electrical steel, seeking to shield its remaining domestic producers from a damaging surge in imports, particularly from China. Yet experts warn the more consequential battle may be further down the value chain, where...
As Australia, the UK, Canada and other countries move forward with social media bans or restrictions on users 16 and under, similar efforts in the U.S. are stalled, and Big Tech companies like Meta (META), X, Google (GOOG) and Snap (SNAP) have been lobbying against federal legislation by...
The European Commission is set to press charges against Finland’s UPM-Kymmene (HEL: UPM) and South Africa’s Sappi (JSE: SAP) over their proposed €1.42 billion paper joint venture, according to sources with intimate knowledge of the EU’s thinking. Brussels is inclined to block the...
FTC staff attorneys investigating French advertising giant Publicis Groupe’s (PUB) proposed $2.2 billion acquisition of data clearinghouse market leader LiveRamp (RAMP) are asking third-party industry participants whether the target’s customers could find alternatives post merger,...
The European Commission is asking publishers whether Google’s (GOOG) artificial intelligence search tools accurately credit their work, and whether they’ll opt out of allowing their content to be used to generate the AI responses with a new control Google says won’t affect...
President Joe Biden early in his term signed executive order 14036 establishing a “whole-of- government” approach to promoting competition. Among other things, the order directed agencies with overlapping jurisdiction “to cooperate fully in the exercise of their oversight...
The EU now has even more tools to regulate Big Tech—it gained new enforcement powers over artificial intelligence companies, including the most powerful generative AI tools yesterday, at a time when risks from large model providers are causing worldwide concern and technology...
The European Commission is set to open an anti-circumvention investigation into imports of Chinese open-mesh fabrics of glass fibres entering the EU via three Balkan countries and Moldova, according to people familiar with the matter. The material is used in a range of industries,...
A new prime minister who has fostered business ties with China, a secretary of state who’s a well- known Sino skeptic and a government reorganization affecting national security reviews create uncertainty about how the British government will handle proposed acquisitions of UK assets by...
Washington may be fixated on the EU’s mounting Google (GOOG) fines, but the company is separately facing many more billions of euros in damages from lawsuits across Europe, based on a nearly decade-old antitrust case targeting its search engine...
The TMT Weekly is a forward-looking tipsheet that covers tech policy across The Capitol Forum’s U.S. policy coverage universe, from Congress to the courts. If you have any feedback, feel free to email...
The proposed merger between Finland’s Kone (KNEBV) and Germany’s TK Elevator would significantly harm innovation and increase costs across the elevator industry, a sector player told The Capitol...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • Information requests can keep coming as EU court dismisses Goldwind’s ask • Google critics hoping EU would offer...
A leading European industrial association of mechanical engineering firms is sounding the alarm over Chinese competitors, telling The Capitol Forum they undercut EU producers by offering products at unsustainably low...
The European Commission is considering delaying two investigations into global chemical imports over concerns that launching the probes in the coming weeks could complicate ongoing EU talks with Beijing and further strain relations with key trading partners, according to three people...
The European Commission is deepening its probe into Chinese online retailer Temu under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) over concerns the company has benefited from distortive foreign subsidies, two sources familiar with the matter...
A lead negotiator on the EU’s proposal to strengthen the bloc’s manufacturing base in renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles and critical raw materials wants tougher criteria for mostly Chinese investors seeking to take big stakes in European...
The European Commission’s trade defense directorate has reached its capacity for launching new cases in the coming weeks, forcing the EU executive to postpone four trade defense investigations that were ready to launch in mid-July, according to four people familiar with the...
The European Commission’s Big Tech enforcement is increasingly putting officials in the uncomfortable position of having to decide whether and how technology giants should put a price on their data, app storefront access, software and other...
