The Canadian Competition Bureau (“Bureau”) recently published the Consultation on Artificial Intelligence and Competition: What We Heard (“Report”), which summarizes feedback it received from its 2024 public consultation about how AI is impacting competition in Canada. The Bureau will use the insights from the submissions summarized in the Report to inform how it will protect and promote competition in Canada’s AI market.

An important policy debate is underway on how EU competition law should apply to exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings under Article 102 TFEU, against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions on antitrust enforcement, and an urgent need to simplify the regulatory environment and boost Europe’s competitiveness.
In August 2024, the Commission issued a set of draft guidelines for public consultation. These were broadly criticized as rowing back on the economics based approach enshrined in earlier guidance and case law, giving the Commission too much enforcement discretion and providing insufficient practical guidance to business.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet has issued its long-anticipated Decision No. (3) of 2025 (the “Decision”), clarifying the thresholds under the new merger control regime, which are set to come into force on 1 April 2025. The UAE introduced a significant shift in its competition framework in 2023. This change was solidified with the enactment of Federal Law No. 36 of 2023 (the “Competition Law”), which came into effect on 29 December 2023.