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Antitrust Chronicle® – Competitor Collaborations

Antitrust Chronicle® March 2026 Volume 2

Dear Readers,   This Chronicle examines how competition authorities are increasingly confronting collaboration between market participants in areas shaped by technological change, shifting policy priorities, and evolving enforcement strategies. Across multifarious topics ranging from labor markets and food supply chains to climate alliances and artificial intelligence partnerships, the contributions in...

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April

This Chronicle explores the rapidly evolving intersection of foreign direct investment and technology, a space where traditional assumptions about openness, control, and market integration are being fundamentally reworked.


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