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ARTICLE · 22 FEBRUARY 2022

Competition Law Trends To Watch In 2022: The Enforcers' Comeback

From the appointment of "big tech" critic Lina Khan as US Federal Trade Commission chair to China's increasingly assertive use of its anti-monopoly law against domestic firms, 2021 continued to show signs of an acceleration of competition enforcement globally.

CanadaAntitrust/Competition Law

From the appointment of "big tech" critic Lina Khan as US Federal Trade Commission chair to China's increasingly assertive use of its anti-monopoly law against domestic firms, 2021 continued to show signs of an acceleration of competition enforcement globally. In Canada, however, this trend proved to be more muted-notwithstanding the Competition Bureau (Bureau) having declared a goal of being "at the forefront of the digital economy" in recent years.1 Rather, following significant mid-year defeats in a Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) merger challenge, Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) Matthew Boswell appeared to put more emphasis on the need to address shortcomings in the enforcement status quo.

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