Following last year’s significant amendments to the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law (2022 AML) the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has published final versions of the accompanying implementing regulations. Taking...more
4/20/2023
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This webinar will discuss global antitrust enforcers’ approach to regulating competitive conduct and agreements, particularly those in the tech sector where we are seeing a revolution in antitrust policy.
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Amendments to China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, together with proposed revisions to various implementing regulations, are set to make substantial changes to both SAMR’s antitrust procedures and its substantive assessments. Key...more
The last two years have reshaped the global economy and socioeconomic policies, and have given rise to new risks and challenges. The world of disputes is also rapidly evolving. As we look back to reflect on the lessons...more
While the ongoing global pandemic has had a temporary braking effect on some business sectors and international travel, Thai competition law has continued to develop at pace in an attempt to catch up with the evolving global...more
China has made no secret that it intends to reinforce its antitrust regime. Multiple guidelines have been recently issued and enforcement mainly (but not only) against internet companies has substantially increased.
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On Saturday 10 April 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) issued a landmark decision, penalising the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for abusing its dominant position. The Chinese authority imposed a...more
The European Union (EU) and the People’s Republic of China concluded the negotiations on their investment treaty, the EU/China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), on 30 December 2020. ...more
2020 has been one of the most eventful and unprecedented years for competition law in Thailand. This year, four public hearings have taken place, three industry-specific regulations on unfair practices were issued, the...more
The world’s largest trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed on 15 November 2020, concluding more than 30 rounds of negotiations over eight years.
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On 24 March 2020, the Government of Vietnam promulgated Decree No. 35/2020/ND-CP setting forth, among other things, the long-awaited notification thresholds of the new Vietnamese merger control regime set out in the 2018...more
As coronavirus (Covid-19), first reported in Wuhan in December 2019, spreads across China and beyond, it has been widely reported that some Chinese companies are looking to suspend or terminate their contractual commitments....more
The discussions at the recent “G7” summit concerning the fires in the Amazon rainforest highlighted the growing focus on the relationship between trade and sustainability issues....more
On ?28 December, seven notifications were published in the Government Gazette, three of which were the long-awaited implenting rules on merger control (the Merger Control Rules), officially bringing Thailand into one of the...more
The preparation, advocacy and enforcement of the Thai Trade Competition Act B.E. 2560 (2017) (the Act) has been in full swing in the past year since it came into force on 5 October 2017. ...more
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has announced the launch of a nationwide campaign to crack down on unfair competition and commercial bribery in the pharmaceutical, medical device and educational...more
The Chinese merger control landscape evolves as MOFCOM is replaced by the newly created State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) as the country’s merger control agency. This change becomes fully effective on 14 May...more
On 18 April 2017, the Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) submitted the draft Trade Competition Act B.E. 2560 (2017), which it had approved on 24 March 2017 (the New Act), to the Secretariat to the Cabinet. The Prime...more
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On 23 March 2017, the Antimonopoly Commission of China’s State Council (“AMC”) published the long-expected draft Guidelines on Prohibition of Abuses of Intellectual Property Rights (“draft IPR Guidelines”)...more
The three Chinese antitrust authorities – Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) – overall remained very active in...more
On 11 October 2016, the Cabinet approved the draft Trade Competition Act B.E. ... (the New Act). As we reported in our e-Bulletin titled Ground-breaking Antitrust Reform in Thailand, published 30 May 2016, the New Act...more
The 1999 Thai Trade Competition Act will soon be amended. The amendments are significant and will create a new independent antitrust authority, expand the scope of the Act, adjust the types and level of sanctions, and...more
China’s MOFCOM continues to actively pursue companies failing to notify deals. Three new fine decisions published on 3 May 2016 illustrate a trend toward enhanced scrutiny and greater severity. Companies are targeted...more
Over the last two years, China has ramped up its efforts with antitrust enforcement. This also includes IP related abuse. But what does IP abuse mean? IP law confers the right to exclude – which means that an IP owner can...more
Two successive decisions from the SAIC and the NDRC, the Chinese antitrust agencies in charge of prosecuting cartels and abuses of dominance, in the same matter concerning allopurinol, a commonly used generic pharmaceutical...more