[chii]

Except once the price war is over, the consolidation of market share to one or a few players means that there is a good chance of monopoly pricing.

Unless, if the price wars are never over.

[eru]

> Except once the price war is over, the consolidation of market share to one or a few players means that there is a good chance of monopoly pricing.

Almost never happens like that.

[j16sdiz]

It always happen like that. That's why there are anti-dump rules on international trades.

[eru]

Alas, no. Just because there are certain rules, and just because people say that those rules are for a specific reason, doesn't imply any actual causality between the reasons given and the rule existing.

Especially anti-dumping rules are most often just exploited as a tool to get a competitor in trouble.

[tonyarkles]

Heh, a couple of years ago (maybe true still?) Canada had a 99%! tariff on aluminum extrusion from China. And it was still cheaper than domestically sourced material at twice the price.