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Mercedes-Benz, BMW, others withdraw global automobile joint venture under review in Brazil

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 26 Jan 2023 20:34
  • 26 Jan 2023 21:54
German-based carmakers Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen, as well as eight major auto parts firms, have withdrawn a proposed joint venture that was under review by the Brazilian competition authority, saying remedies sought by the agency are "practically impossible" to implement.
In December, the Tribunal of the Administrative Council for Economic

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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