How Would Elon Musk’s Lost U.S. Antitrust Case Be Decided Under Chinese Law?
(By You Yunting) In April 2024, Elon Musk’s X platform sued the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) and major advertisers including Unilever and Mars for their concerted boycott against the X platform with the organization of Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), constituting a horizontal monopoly agreement in violation of antitrust law and causing it billions of dollars in losses. In March 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed the lawsuit at the preliminary hearing. Today we will explore how this case might be handled if it were brought under Chinese law.