Amazon fails to quash investigation into its Indian selling practices
by Simon Goodley and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#5JYRF)
Inquiry will include company's 1bn-a-year joint venture with Rishi Sunak's father-in-law
The Indian competition commission is to relaunch an investigation into Amazon's selling practices, which will examine the company's 1bn-a-year joint venture with UK chancellor Rishi Sunak's billionaire father-in-law.
The investigation, originally announced in January 2020, will proceed after an Indian court on Friday dismissed pleas by Amazon and its rival - the Walmart-owned Flipkart - to quash its investigation into the business practices of the huge US retailers.
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