Chinese bauxite sellers beat antitrust suit with 'sovereign compulsion' defense
By Richard Vanderford ( January 26, 2016, 21:55 GMT | Insight) -- A US judge has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit brought against Chinese bauxite exporters that allegedly fixed prices, finding that the Chinese government made them do it. The decision marks a rare successful application of the so-called "sovereign compulsion" defense, which protects foreign companies from liability if they can show that their government forced the anticompetitive behavior.A federal judge in Pennsylvania has thrown out an antitrust lawsuit brought against Chinese bauxite exporters that allegedly fixed prices, finding that the Chinese government made them do it. ...
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