U.S. Tech Lobbying Group Asks India to Rethink EU-Like Competition Law

A U.S. lobby group representing tech giants Google, Amazon and Apple has asked India to rethink its proposed EU-like competition law, arguing regulations against data use and preferential treatment of partners could raise user costs, a letter shows. Citing increasing market power of a few big digital companies in India, a government panel in February proposed, opens new tab imposing obligations on them under a new antitrust law which will complement existing regulations whose enforcement the panel said is "time-consuming."