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Essential Antitrust #49: Clarity in Antitrust: inside the 10 key themes shaping 2026
From shifting geopolitical agendas to a transformed merger control landscape and AI‑driven investigations, our experts unpack the forces reshaping global antitrust in the coming year.
Antitrust is increasingly impacted by geopolitical priorities, with regulators using competition policy to advance national security, industrial resilience, and economic goals. Companies operating across major jurisdictions face diverging enforcement philosophies, requiring careful alignment of deal narratives with local policy objectives. At the same time, merger control is undergoing significant procedural and…
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