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Thursday 27 November 2025
Apple challenges India's new antitrust penalty rules over threat of multibillion-dollar fines
Apple has taken the unusual step of mounting a constitutional challenge against India's revised antitrust penalty framework, arguing that a new rule allowing penalties based on a...
Tuesday 25 November 2025
Commentary: SoftBank folds Ampere into its AI stack, turning up pressure on x86
Bloomberg reports that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has closed its antitrust review of SoftBank Group's planned US$6.5 billion acquisition of US chip designer Ampere...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Arm face investigation in South Korea amid global antitrust scrutiny
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has launched a surprise investigation into Arm Holdings' Seoul office following a complaint by Qualcomm alleging abuse of market dominance...
Wednesday 19 November 2025
US non-tariff measures drive Taiwanese firms to accelerate investment pivot
The US is intensifying its use of four key non-tariff measures—anti-dumping duties, balancing taxes, antitrust actions, and forced labor bans—creating mounting compliance...
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Chinese iPhone users take on Apple, accuse it of abusing market power for App Store
Fifty-five iPhone and iPad users in China have filed a joint complaint with the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), accusing Apple of abusing its dominant position...
Thursday 16 October 2025
Qualcomm faces China antitrust probe over Autotalks acquisition
Ten years ago, Qualcomm paid the largest antitrust fine in China's market regulation history. It has yet again violated China's policies, this time because its acquisition case was...
Monday 13 October 2025
China's market regulation agency investigates Qualcomm after Anti-Monopoly Law violation
On October 10, 2025, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) officially launched an investigation into Qualcomm for allegedly violating China's Anti-Monopoly Law...
Friday 10 October 2025
Beijing targets Qualcomm and TechInsights in widening tech crackdown
China has intensified its regulatory actions against foreign companies amid escalating tensions with the US, launching an antitrust investigation into Qualcomm while adding several...
Thursday 18 September 2025
China tightens the reins on Nvidia: antitrust probe reopens Mellanox questions
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced on September 15, 2025, that Nvidia had breached Chinese antitrust law and conditions imposed when Beijing cleared...
Thursday 18 September 2025
Nvidia, TSMC face antitrust scrutiny as US-China tensions spotlight market power
Just as Washington and Beijing are preparing to resume trade talks, China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has thrown a wrench into the works. The agency accused...
Thursday 18 September 2025
Analysis: OpenAI drives competition, easing antitrust pressure on Google
The AI rivalry between Google and OpenAI has reached a new phase as Google's Gemini app recently overtook OpenAI's ChatGPT to claim the top spot on the US App Store's free app chart...
Monday 15 September 2025
Nvidia antitrust ruling clouds US-China trade talks

US and Chinese officials entered a second day of negotiations in Madrid on Monday, just as Beijing announced a preliminary ruling that...

Wednesday 3 September 2025
Judge spares Google from forced divestiture, imposes search data sharing with rivals
In the biggest US antitrust case in almost three decades, a judge ruled that Google will be required to share online search data with rivals, but avoided harsher penalties, including...
Monday 25 August 2025
Analysis: TSMC avoids US equity stake, balancing independence and monopoly risks
The US government's acquisition of a 9.9% stake in Intel, alongside TSMC's exclusion from such equity participation, highlights contrasting subsidy approaches under shifting US administrations...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
AI startup Perplexity makes $34.5 Billion bid for Google's chrome browser
AI startup Perplexity made a formal offer to acquire Google's Chrome browser for US$34.5 billion, an audacious bid to get ahead of a potential requirement for the search giant to...