Once Upon a Time in China: Amelia McKellar on merger control, involution-style competition and the accidental sad horse in China

Special Counsel Amelia McKellar joins us to explore merger control and microchips, industry policy and involution in the world's second-largest economy. Plus, all the news on the new and now mandatory Australian merger framework, G+T's new tool to navigate all those thresholds and forms, the proposed prohibition on unfair trading practices planned for 2027, and a whistleblower bounty in the US … All this and the accidental sad horse with co-hosts Moya Dodd and Matt Rubinstein.        

 Links:   

• • ABC on Australia's Central Western Standard Time Zone (UTC+08:45)  
  • The Criterion Collection on the Once Upon a Time in China series  
  • The consolidated Notifications Determination and the Forms Determination  
  • G+T on the merger changes that came into effect in January 2026 
  • Our new merger assessment obligation tool: MerTL 
  • Possibly the best book written on the subject of turtle stacking 
  • US Antitrust Division and US Postal Service pay $1m whistleblower bounty 
  • Check out our episode on whistleblowers with Kieran Pender from last September 
  • No-one's far from anyone anymore with the OTC in 1990 
  • The Guardian on the accidental sad/crying horse 
  • Meet the Gilbert + Tobin Competition, Consumer + Market Regulation team 
  • Email us at edge@gtlaw.com.au  

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