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China’s market regulator has granted conditional approval for global agribusiness Bunge Global SA’s merger with Glencore-backed grain handler Viterra, it said on Monday, clearing the final hurdle for the $34 billion mega-deal announced two years ago.

Canada's Competition Bureau is taking further steps in its investigation into Amazon to determine if the e-commerce giant's rules for sellers on the platform are an abuse of dominance under the federal Competition Act, the agency said on Tuesday

Canada’s Competition Bureau is set to proceed with its investigation into Amazon.com Inc.’s pricing policies for its Canadian online marketplace to determine whether the e-commerce giant’s rules for sellers constitute an abuse of dominance under the Competition Act.

The deal was confirmed in a news release issued by the Missouri-based Bunge on Wednesday. It comes nearly six months after the Canadian government approved the merger with Viterra, formerly known as the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.

The prime minister said he made the concession as "part of a bigger negotiation" between Canada and the U.S.

It’s unlikely that foreign carriers would be interested in serving the domestic routes that are most in need of competition — those that serve places other than the country’s major cities — because those are not as profitable, said Keldon Bester, the executive director of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project.