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    China launches an anti-trust probe against Alibaba

    30 December 2020

    The Chinese government’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has launched an anti-trust investigation against the Alibaba Group to verify charges that its marketplaces require merchants to sign exclusive agreements that prevent them from offering products on other internet platforms. Separately, the People’s Bank of China said that Ant, Alibaba’s ...