In the News: Platform Anti-Monopoly Guidelines; SWIFT Digital Currency JV; and German Business Survey

February 08, 2021 | BY

Vincent Chow

Chinese antitrust bodies finalize strict guidelines for platform operators; PBOC digital currency body links up with SWIFT to launch JV; and German chamber survey reports optimism despite pandemic woes

Anti-monopoly guidelines for platform operators finalized

China's antitrust regulators have finalized the country's first anti-monopoly guidelines for online platform operators. On Feb. 7, the Anti-Monopoly Committee of the State Council issued the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines for the Platform Economy Sector (关于平台经济领域的反垄断指南). The draft guidelines were published in November.

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