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Amazon's German pricing probe shows friction between antitrust, EU gatekeeper law

By Lewis Crofts ( September 26, 2025, 14:18 GMT | Comment) -- Are pricing controls on digital platforms to be regulated under the EU’s flagship law on gatekeepers or is there scope for national watchdogs to prosecute them under their own laws? That’s the question raised by a German probe into Amazon that explores the tension between the near-omnipotent Digital Markets Act and the space available for other laws to cause Big Tech further headaches.The EU’s flagship law on digital gatekeepers bans clauses that meddle in price-setting for internet sales, but a German probe into Amazon is exploring a way around that, subjecting the platform to additional scrutiny under local and EU antitrust laws....

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