Pincer movement: The Briefing for 23 September 2025


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The US Department of Justice is closing in on an alleged cartel among crab purchasers – and now Chile’s competition watchdog believes it has caught similar conspirators in its own waters. Yesterday, the enforcer asked Chile’s Tribunal for Defence of Free Competition to levy $54 million in fines against several companies that it said colluded to fix prices paid to crabbers. Also in The Briefing, China’s antitrust enforcer summons a major online freight platform for a dressing down.

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