Lezi yizindaba ezibangele ukugeleza kwe-inki eningi, ngoDisemba odlule umdondoshiya I-Altria (Marlboro) umemezele ukutholwa kwe U-35% wamasheya kusuka kumkhiqizi we-e-cigarette UJuul ngenani lama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-13. Kodwa-ke, akukho okuqinisekile okwamanje ngoba abalawuli kuzodingeka basho ukuthi lolu hlelo kufanele luthintwa umthetho wokungathembeki noma cha.
INKINGA YEZIPHATHIMANDLA ZOKULAWULA
antitrust ? Kodwa sikhuluma ngani! Umthetho wokungathembeki umthetho ohloselwe ukukhawulela noma ukunciphisa ukugxila kwezomnotho. Kungabuye kuchazwe njengomthetho ukuthi « iphikisana nokuvinjwa kokuncintisana kwamahhala okwenziwa amaqembu abakhiqizi abafuna ukuzuza ku-monopoly ".
Futhi lokhu kuyinkinga namuhla ephathelene nesivumelwano phakathi kwe-Altria noJuul esinikeza umnikazi we-Marlboro 35% wamasheya womkhiqizi we-e-cigarette ngokumelene ne-13 billion dollars. Abalawuli kuyodingeka banqume ukuthi iqembu le-Altria lingabamba u-35% wamalungelo okuvota eJuul Labs.
Ngempela, ngokusho kwabameli, leli lungiselelo liphakamisa izinkinga ezihlobene nemithetho yokungathembeki, naphezu kwalokho isinqumo sakamuva U-Altria uzoyeka ukuthengisa imikhiqizo yokuphefumula "efana nogwayi".
Isinqumo sesikhondlakhondla sikagwayi i-Altria Group Inc. sokuthola ingxenye encane ekuqaliseni ugwayi we-elekthronikhi iJuul Labs Inc., ngemuva nje kokulahla eyakhe imikhiqizo "eqhudelanayo", singadala inkinga ezikhulwini ezilawula ukuncintisana zase-US.
Uma isivumelwano sisayinwe ngo-December 20, u-Altria noJuul manje balindele ukugunyazwa kwe-antitrust ngaphambi kokuthi baguqule amasheya abo abe izibambiso zokuvota. Ukubona ukuthi le "nkinga" ngeke yini ivimbele i-Altria ukuthi itshale imali eqenjini okwamanje elilawula imakethe ye-vape e-United States.
