The heads of the antitrust agencies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico met today in Ottawa to hold an annual meeting on antitrust enforcement and policy priorities. The meeting included Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph J. Simons, Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Canadian Commissioner of Competition […]
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FTC Chairman Supports Common Understanding of G7 Competition Authorities on Competition and the Digital Economy
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph J. Simons has issued the following statement about the Common Understanding of G7 Competition Authorities on Competition and the Digital Economy, which France’s competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence, released today following the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Chantilly, France. The FTC worked with its […]
U.S. Officials Participate in Bilateral Meetings with Officials from Japan and South Korea
Leaders of the antitrust agencies of the United States participated this past week in bilateral meetings in Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, Korea. Commissioner Christine S. Wilson of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, together with Deputy Assistant Attorneys General Roger Alford and Richard Powers of the U.S. Department of Justice, participated in high-level meetings with Chairman […]
FTC and Justice Department Officials Meet with Chinese Anti-Monopoly Agencies in Beijing, China
Wang Jiangping, Vice Minister of China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC); Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division; Hu Zucai, Vice Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC); Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission; Li Chenggang, Assistant Minister of China’s […]
FTC and DOJ Sign Memorandum of Understanding With Indian Competition Authorities
U.S. and Indian officials who attended the signing of the memorandum of understanding included the following: First Row (right to left): Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Ambassador Arun Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Embassy of India; Dr. Ashok Chawla, Chairman, Competition Commission of India; Joe Wayland, Acting Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division. […]