In the course of battling federal class action claims that they illegally fixed prices for vitamin C, a group of Chinese companies has boiled down its defense to a single assertion: Our government made us do it.
China’s Ministry of Commerce even took the unprecedented step of hiring lawyers at Sidley Austin to join the litigation and take responsibility for requiring the companies to act as a cartel.
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