Shipping Antitrust in Focus – The Federal Maritime Commission Charts a Course Following the EU Commission’s Revocation of the Antitrust Exemption for Liner Services
We recently reported that the European Commission decided to end a rule exempting liner shipping services from certain EU antitrust rules, by letting the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) expire on April 25, 2024.
With the Biden administration’s stepped-up antitrust enforcement focus, the EU Commission decision raises an interesting question – what will Congress and the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) do in response?
Our multidisciplinary team of lawyers, specializing in competition and antitrust, commodities and shipping, international trade and litigation, have prepared an insight that provides further details on what to expect.
