China: Administrative penalty issued to Alibaba for abuse of dominance in e-commerce retail services market
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Administrative penalty issued to Alibaba for abuse of dominance in e-commerce retail services market
On 10 April 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced that Alibaba was charged with a fine of 18.23 billion yuan for violation of anti-monopoly laws. The e-commerce retail services provider was charged for forcing merchan…
Scope
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
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2020-12-24
under deliberation
2021-04-10
in force