| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 2 months ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
> FTC will review the acquisition process as well Why? > Political capital is needed because the tiktok question is politicized heavily (national security as a reason) This is entirely meaningless. You don’t need political capital to maintain the status quo. > Do you have a counter example? To your hypothetical? My example is the law. FACA is tightly defined. Bytedance needs to divest to a non-FAC to return to the status quo. Trump could do something else to fuck with them. But that’s true of anyone anywhere. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | slt2021 2 months ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hart-Scott-Rodino Improvements Act requires FTC to approve all large M&A deals + DoJ needs to do antitrust review https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/gui... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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