Foreign Automakers Face Anti-Trust Scrutiny

(Beijing) – China's top economic planner has announced the progress of its anti-trust investigation into foreign carmakers and their distributors.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), which leads antitrust enforcement, said on August 6 it identified monopolistic behavior at Chrysler Group China Sales Ltd., an arm of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, and at the FAW-Volkswagen Audi Sales Division, part of a joint venture between Volkswagen AG, Audi AG and the state-owned FAW Group.