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BHP Billiton (BHP), a global natural resources company, has recently launched a hostile bid (the bid) to purchase PotashCorp (Potash), a leading potash producer based in Canada. This proposed acquisition is likely to have an impact in the Chinese potash industry.

Horizontal monopolistic agreements are presumed to have the effect of eliminating or restricting competition.

On June 1, 2016, the Opinions of the State Council on Establishing a Fair Competition Review System During the Development of Market-Oriented Systems ("Opinions") were promulgated and became effective.

Alex An, partner at YuandaWinston, Stephanie Wu, senior counsel at YuandaWinston, and Charlotte Monroe trainee solicitor at Winston & Strawn co-authored this blog post.

Recently, at the book launch ceremony of the editorial board of Twelve Years of Chinese Antitrust: Retrospect and Prospects, Zhang Qiong, the former head of the Expert Advisory Group of the Anti-Monopoly Committee of the State Council ...

China companies applied for suspension of the antitrust investigation into their internet access pricing practices.

On January 4, 2013, China’s National Development and Reform Commission imposed fines of RMB 353 million (approximately USD 56 million) on six international manufacturers of liquid crystal display panels for price-fixing in connection with the so-called LCD cartel.

The Chinese Supreme People's Court ("SPC") has promulgated final Rules on Civil Litigation under the Anti-Monopoly Law ("AML") (the "Rules"), which will become effective on June 1, 2012. These Rules set out the framework for civil antitrust litigation in China.

On 3 November 2010, it was reported in the press1 that the Changsha Yuelu District People’s Court (in Hunan province) accepted the court’s first private antitrust claim. The antitrust claim was formally accepted by the court 1 November 2010 and is an abuse of dominance case.

We understand that the SAIC is currently working on draft guidelines (the guidelines) which will shed light on how Article 55 of the Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) will be enforced. It has been reported in the press that the SAIC has published a 4th draft of these guidelines and are currently consulting with the relevant stakeholders (we understand that these drafts are not publicly available).

The PRC Anti-monopoly Law ("AML") has been in effect for over a year, during which time anti-monopoly authorities have worked to establish a comprehensive system for combating monopolistic practices by issuing various implementing regulations.

On 26 October, a couple of Chinese airlines, including Air China, China Eastern Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Capital Airlines and Shenzhen Airlines announced, separately, that they were going to raise passenger fuel surcharges for domestic flights

A major concern in international cartel cases is the possibility of overlapping punishments from different jurisdictions.

On June 2, 2011, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) publicly announced the first conditional merger clearance in 2011. An article which discusses the salient points to note vis-à-vis this conditional clearance.

Oppo and ATC (jointly as "the respondents") implemented a series of acts on Oppo mobile phones, including forcing registration of Oppo account and popup window prompting for password identity verification ...

In late August 2010, it was reported in the press that at least 10 antitrust private actions have been heard in the courts in China (see Two years on, ten private antitrust action

Today, the European antitrust watchdog announced that it signed a cooperation agreement with MOFCOM, China's merger review authority.

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