US reluctant to abolish antitrust immunity
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JANET PORTER
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last modified
Jun 07, 2010 01:59 PM
Federal Maritime Commission is still not convinced an outright ban would result in lower transport costs, reports JANET PORTER
THE US is in no rush to copy Europe and abolish container lines’ antitrust immunity, despite calls from some shippers for a global ban on conferences.
A reluctance to follow Brussels, which outlawed conferences in the European trades in October...
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