Key Antitrust Considerations for Digital Platforms in China | Practical Law
A Practice Note addressing key antitrust considerations for digital platforms operating in China. It discusses issues relating to market definitions in the digital platform economy (especially for multi-sided markets), abuse of dominance by platform players through typical practices, and monopoly agreements (cartels) in the context of concerted actions. It also introduces merger control developments in the platform economy, especially for variable interest entity (VIE)-structured deals and "killer acquisitions."