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Comment: Past conduct gets more weight in Brazilian merger reviews, but won’t help Linde-Praxair deal

By Flavia Fortes ( August 31, 2017, 22:22 GMT | Comment) -- The Brazilian competition authority is citing companies' past anticompetitive conduct in its merger reviews more often, and using that history to argue that there would be greater coordination risk after a deal is completed. This argument, used to block a recent merger and in the analysis of the Ultragaz-Liquigás case, won't help in Linde's merger with Praxair, as the companies were involved in a price-fixing probe.The Brazilian competition authority is citing companies' past anticompetitive conduct in its merger reviews more often, and using that history to argue that there would be greater coordination risk after a deal is completed....

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