From Reuters, April 15:
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) told an Indian court on Thursday a Reuters special report into the e-commerce giant’s business practices should not be considered as evidence, as India’s competition watchdog sought to lift an injunction on an anti-trust probe.
The Reuters report showed the U.S. firm gave preferential treatment to a small group of sellers on its platform, sidestepping foreign investment rules meant to protect India's small retailers from being crushed by e-commerce giants.
To read the report click http://reut.rs/2OCOT2W.
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) order of investigation into Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart in January 2020 followed a complaint from a trader group, but a court put it on hold in February last year after the companies argued there was no evidence they were harming competition....
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HT: TalkingBizNews,
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There was a story a couple months ago that Amazon operatives in India had asked a court to jail one of their competitors.
