Grab's Foodpanda deal moves to public review as Taiwan starts clock
By Yonnex Li ( July 2, 2026, 04:49 GMT | Insight) -- Taiwan's competition regulator has opened a week-long public consultation on Grab Holdings' proposed acquisition of Foodpanda's local operations. The deal has drawn fierce resistance from labor unions and lawmakers over market concentration and Grab's ties to Uber Technologies and Chinese tech giants.Taiwan's competition authority has formally accepted Grab Holdings' application to acquire Foodpanda's local operations, inviting public feedback on a transaction that critics say could hand excessive market power to a platform with ties to both Uber Technologies and Chinese tech giants....
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