The Biden Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly communicated with a major Chinese e-commerce company about Amazon’s pricing policies that are related to the FTC’s case against Amazon, according to The Information, citing two people familiar with the matter.
FTC personnel reportedly sent a letter to Temu and also spoke with representatives of the company between December 2024 and Inauguration Day, according to The Information and Daniel J. Gilman, a former FTC attorney advisor and current senior scholar for the International Center for Law and Economics. Amazon’s pricing practices are at the center of a Biden FTC antitrust case against the company, which alleges Amazon pricing practices limit consumer choice to the disadvantage of competitors, and that company policy disadvantages third-party sellers using their infrastructure.
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