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The proposed $4.6 billion merger between Saipem (SPM) and Subsea7 (SUBC) could be headed for a phase 2 investigation following a state of play meeting this week, during which the European Commission outlined competition concerns and discussed the potential need for remedies, according to sources close to the matter
After months of political holdups, Google (GOOG) is about to be hit with two fines under the European Union’s digital rules as negotiations have stalled, according to senior EU sources familiar with the...
A new letter to the European Commission, obtained by The Capitol Forum, highlights the alleged anticompetitive effects of SAP’s (SAP) updated application programming interface (API) policy and calls on the Commission to open an investigation into the...
Global exporters of grain-oriented electrical steel to the EU could face a combination of quotas and minimum import prices of up to €5,600 a ton under a safeguard measure being developed by the European Commission, according to an internal document seen by The Capitol...
The European Union is preparing to open an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Chinese Peking duck, according to people familiar with the matter. The move could reignite trade tensions between Brussels and Beijing just one week after the two sides began talks aimed at easing...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • EU steel quota implications for MMG’s Anglo bid • EC calms worries for minority shareholdings under new merger...
State attorneys general investigating Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of rival studio Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are discussing which will sign onto a suit to block the $81 billion transaction, sources familiar with the matter...
The Asia Antitrust Agenda is a biweekly column showcasing key regulatory developments in the region. Key stories we’re following for this edition include: Businesses to swelter in heat from summer geopolitical tensions. China issues rules governing industrial and supply chain security...
A system designed to settle disputes between Big Tech platforms and their European users is causing clashes between companies and appeals...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European tech and competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week include: • European Commission defends call-ins • EU executive ditches controversial American...
Union Pacific’s (UNP) proposed $85 billion acquisition of rail rival Norfolk Southern (NSC) is the purest expression of a Trump-era merger review, bringing together almost every trend that’s defined the administration’s approach to...
Amazon’s (AMZN) and Microsoft’s (MSFT) cloud services are one step closer to potentially becoming subject to the EU’s digital markets rules – but the range of rules that would apply to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure is likely to be...
The European Commission has for months been weighing whether to open an investigation into rapidly rising imports of Chinese plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. However, senior commission officials, speaking to The Capitol Forum on condition of anonymity, said a probe was not...
The European Commission has sent requests for information (RFI) to third parties in relation to JD.com’s (JD) proposed acquisition of German consumer electronics retailer Ceconomy (CEC), according to three sources close to the...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta today warned that Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) would harm journalism and the entertainment industry’s output, outlining an expansive list of reservations he and the deal’s critics have about...
The European Commission is set to clear Paramount Skydance’s proposed merger of Warner Bros. Discovery following a key state-of-play meeting on Tuesday between the companies and the EU enforcer, sources...
The European Commission is preparing charges against Finland’s UPM-Kymmene (HEL: UPM) and South Africa’s Sappi (JSE: SAP) over their proposed €1.42 billion paper joint venture, arguing the deal could raise prices and reduce options for customers reliant on specialized paper...
The EU steel industry is pressing the European Commission to widen the scope of the bloc’s safeguard investigation into potentially harmful imports of grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) to include material used in finished power transformers, according to three people familiar with...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of European competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week...
The European Commission is grappling with how to classify increasingly widespread artificial intelligence tools as it enforces the bloc’s landmark digital laws – both of which were written before the use of AI...
Baker Hughes (BKR) offered structural and behavioral remedies to the European Commission on Friday in a bid to secure approval for its $13.6 billion acquisition of Chart Industries (GTLS), concessions that are anticipated to pave the way for clearance, sources with direct knowledge of the...
Chinese state-owned Cosco Shipping Holdings’ (HKE: 1919) bid for majority control of Hamburg rail freight company Konrad Zippel, Germany’s oldest freight forwarding company, is raising alarms over inroads Beijing is making into Europe’s shipping and defense...
Beijing’s potential retaliation against planned EU curbs on Chinese imports is the chief concern among member states, EU diplomats...
The European Commission is investigating whether Paramount Skydance would need to abandon a long-standing joint venture to distribute films with Universal Pictures to address competition concerns over its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, according to three people with direct...
DOJ antitrust division’s political leadership for months imposed tight restrictions on career staff’s investigation of Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) $81 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), preventing agency attorneys from deposing key Paramount executives or...
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Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, our weekly overview of EU and UK competition law developments. Key stories we’re following this week...
Poland has joined a group of EU countries calling for an urgent overhaul of the bloc’s trade defense instruments to deal with rising imports of underpriced goods from China and other countries, according to three people familiar with the...
Meta invoiced AI companies in recent weeks while discussing with the European Commission how to potentially resolve antitrust concerns over the company’s policy to restrict AI assistants from...
JD.com’s proposed acquisition of Ceconomy could squeeze out EU-based consumer electronics retailers and manufacturers by favoring Chinese products on Ceconomy’s platform, executives at European consumer electronics retailers told The Capitol...
Representatives for Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) are scheduled to meet with European Commission officials on June 23 for a key discussion at which the enforcer could indicate that it’s open to clearing the $81 billion transaction in phase 1 or instead plans...
The European Commission is preparing to open an anti-dumping investigation into imports of certain polyether polyols from China, according to two people familiar with the matter. The move is part of a broader effort to curb what Brussels sees as a surge in unfairly priced chemical imports...
EU duty-free steel imports could, in practice, fall by more than the initially proposed 47% under a new quota mechanism due to enter into force on July 1, according to two people familiar with the matter. The European Commission plans to set aside a portion of that quota, which could...
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...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, brought to you by Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza and Senior Correspondents Lydia O’Neal, Barbara Pianese, Joanna Sopinska and Catherine Stupp. This week, we look at the Open Markets Institute’s submission to the CMA on Paramount...
The European Commission has sent new requests for information to cinemas across Europe as it steps up its review of Paramount Skydance’s proposed $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to two people familiar with the...
The bidding consortium involved in the proposed $55 billion takeover of videogame publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is expected to notify its transaction to the European Commission under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) before the summer, according to two people familiar with...
The European Commission is likely to delay its proposal to curb exports of aluminum scrap until early summer, three people familiar with the matter told The Capitol Forum. A main reason for the postponement is officials’ concerns that the proposal might strain relations with India after...
Saipem (SPM) and Subsea7 (SUBC) are considering offering divestitures in Northern Europe, if necessary, to secure phase 1 approval from the European Commission for their $4.6 billion merger, according to sources close to the...
The European Commission is set to open a new anti-dumping investigation into Chinese imports of polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), a biodegradable plastic, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The move aims to shield EU production of another key chemical in the value...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, brought to you by Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza and Senior Correspondents Lydia O’Neal, Barbara Pianese, Joanna Sopinska and Catherine Stupp. This week, we look at fresh pressure on the European Commission to move ahead with a fine...
The European Commission is poised to open a new anti-dumping investigation into imports of welded mesh fibers from China, according to two people familiar with the matter. The move is part of a broader push by Brussels to curb a surge in low-cost Chinese goods that officials say is...
A major European cinema trade group is warning that Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) would make tacit collusion among Hollywood studios easier by leaving just three dominant players, according to a 65-page white paper recently sent to the...
The proposed €20.35 billion split of French telecommunications operator SFR among the country’s three other major national peers will lead to higher prices and more consumer complaints, a leading French consumer organisation...
A Department of Justice filing in a legal battle that could determine whether competitors can break into the concentrated seeds industry underlined the patent system’s role in entrenching dominant players at the top of the...
Republicans in Washington often call the EU’s digital platform rules online censorship. For those working in adult industries, sex education and women’s health, the rules should be a tool to combat suppression of lawful speech online – but many say restrictions on their posts and...
A group of Democratic state attorneys general have taken another step toward challenging Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY) proposed Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) acquisition by asking movie theater owners if they’d be willing to sit for depositions and testify in court about what the...
Welcome to The European Antitrust Agenda, brought to you by Europe Executive Editor Javier Espinoza and Senior Correspondents Lydia O’Neal, Barbara Pianese, Joanna Sopinska and Catherine Stupp. This week, we look at the leaked draft of the EU’s forthcoming merger guidelines. A boon...
European publishers are urging EU officials to act quickly to force Meta (META) to stop the proliferation of fraudulent advertisements impersonating reporters and media outlets across its platforms in a memorandum to the European Commission seen by The Capitol...
China’s e-commerce group JD.com (9618: HK) plans to file a notification shortly under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) of its takeover bid for Germany’s electronics retailer Ceconomy (CEC: GY), according to two people familiar with the matter. The move forms part of the...
The EU’s upcoming merger guidelines will not be a blank check for dealmakers, and the European Commission won’t approve deals based on companies’ “wishful thinking,” the top EU official in charge of merger control told The Capitol Forum. Earlier discussions of a...
