China’s regulatory body for business, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMD), has announced an antitrust investigation is now under, looking into the purchase of Israeli connected-vehicle technology company, Autotalks, by Qualcomm earlier this year, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/china-opens-antitrust-probe-of-qualcomm-s-autotalks-deal” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-10/china-opens-antitrust-probe-of-qualcomm-s-autotalks-deal” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>according to Bloomberg. With the deal now months old and having cleared all regulatory approval in the U.S., this move is largely seen as a punitive measure towards America as part of the ongoing trade negotiations and ahead of the proposed…
