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Data not discussed as 'essential facility' in China's finalized Big Tech guidelines

By Yonnex Li ( February 8, 2021, 08:35 GMT | Insight) -- China's cabinet has removed a provision concerning the determination of data as an "essential facility" in its finalized antitrust guidelines for Big Tech. The deletion follows controversy about the provision's application when the question of data ownership remains unresolved in China. The State Administration for Market Regulation, the author of the document, has also deleted the controversial provision that the regulator can skip defining a relevant market and directly determine a violation in cases involving abuse of dominance.China's cabinet has removed a provision concerning the determination of data as an "essential facility" in its finalized antitrust guidelines for Big Tech. The deletion follows controversy about the provision's application when the question of data ownership remains unresolved in China....

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