The European Antitrust Agenda: EU Steel Curbs Complicate MMG Review; EC Seeks to Calm Merger Guideline Fears

EU to Target Chinese Agricultural Imports with Peking Duck Probe, Sources Say

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...

Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. Discovery: States AGs Discuss Signing Onto Suit; But GOP Officials Unlikely to Join Challenge, Source Says

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...

Antitrust Agenda: DOJ’s Egg Price-Fixing Settlement Shifts Enforcement Burden to Private Plaintiffs; Kroger/Giant Eagle Combination Would Create Regional Market Powerhouse; Colorado AG Weiser’s Primary Win May Provide Boost to State’s Algorithmic, Surveillance Pricing Laws

Welcome to The Antitrust Agenda, our weekly analysis of timing and priorities at the FTC, DOJ, and state AG offices. Key stories we’re following this week include: DOJ, State AG settlement in egg...