News / China's shock P3 veto sparks calls to set up an international competition authority

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China’s recent blocking of Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM forming the P3 Alliance could have global competition law ramifications.

According to Anthony Woolich, partner at law firm Holman Fenwick Willan and an expert on international competition law, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) took a divergent view of the P3 from that taken by western competition authorities, which had given the network the green light.

Mr Woolich told The Loadstar, on the sidelines of last week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in London: ...