competition policy


Mexico tweaks reform on scrapping regulatory bodies to avoid USMCA issues
The ruling majority approved the general text of the constitutional amendment to abolish seven autonomous watchdogs including the transparency institute, antitrust body and the telecoms regulator.
African governments to consider charter to facilitate trade
The Africa Private Sector Summit has called on African governments to consider the adoption of a Charter on Private Sector Bill of Rights to facilitate the emergence of an enabling environment for trade and investment on the continent.
The ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority (ERCA) to coordinate ECOWAS Member States’ positions on the draft AfCFTA protocol on competition
The purpose of the meeting was to bring together a number of ECOWAS Member States (Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal) and ERCA officials for a brainstorming on the draft AfCFTA Protocol on competition...
AfCFTA Secretariat: Conclusion of AfCFTA Phase II negotiations our priority
Mr. Mene said, concluding the outstanding negotiations and protocols -phases I and II in full, would create robust implementation of the Agreement. while significant progress had been made with agreement of 87.7 per cent of tariff lines.
S. Korea, US hold talks on competition-related issues under FTA
South Korea and the United States on Tuesday held their first formal consultations on competition-related issues under their bilateral free trade agreement.
The African single market takes a step forward as the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement becomes a reality
As a second step, negotiators will focus on rules pertaining to intellectual property rights, competition policy and investment, which they aim to finalise by June 2020.
RCEP - draft chapter on competition (Dec 2016)
As leaked by KEI
EU-Indonesia FTA - draft competition chapter (December 2016)
As published by the European Commission