Groups Make Push To Challenge DuPont, Dow Merger

Posted by Christina Herrick|June 1, 2016

The American Antitrust Institute, Food & Water Watch, and National Farmers Union have urged the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division to challenge the proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., according to a report on MorningAgClips.com.

In a letter sent to the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Renata Hesse, the American Antitrust Institute (AAI), Food & Water Watch (FWW) and National Farmers Union (NFU) urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division to challenge the proposed merger of Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co.

The letter details the group’s analysis of the proposed merger that would create the largest biotechnology and seed firm in the U.S. The deal would further consolidate an already highly concentrated biotechnology industry and would likely curtail innovation, raise prices, and reduce cultivation choices for farmers, consumers and the food system.