Amazon Allowed by Law to Undercut Australian Businesses: Regulator

Amazon Allowed by Law to Undercut Australian Businesses: Regulator
The logo of the web service Amazon is pictured in this June 8, 2017 illustration photo. Reuters/Carlos Jasso/Illustration
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SYDNEY—Competition laws will allow Amazon to undercut local businesses with loss-making prices when it opens for business in Australia, expected to be later in November, the Australian competition regulator said on Saturday.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims told Fairfax Media that Amazon.com.Incwas able under law to set prices low enough to win business without breaching competition laws.