International Competition
The FTC continues to strengthen relationships with competition agencies around the world. These relationships have become a key component of an effective enforcement program, and facilitate the agency’s efforts to promote convergence toward sound consumer welfare based competition enforcement and policy. The FTC continues to work closely with the European Union, Canada, and many other jurisdictions on cases of mutual interest.
- International Antitrust Information
- International Waivers of Confidentiality in FTC Antitrust Investigations
- Key Speeches and Presentations
- Contact Information
International Antitrust Information
- The Federal Trade Commission's International Antitrust Program
- Antitrust Guidelines for International Operations
- US Submissions to OECD Competition Committee and other international fora
- International Competition Network
- OECD Competition Committee
- US - EU Merger Working Group, Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations
- Webb Pomerene Associations
- International Bar Association's Global Competition Forum
Key Speeches and Presentations
2012
- Maria Coppola, International Competition Network Update, The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2013, Global Competition Review, September 2012
- Maria Coppola, "Competition Advocacy When All the World Is Your Stage", published in Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle August 2012(2).
- Paul O'Brien, "The ICN in 2012: 12 Reasons to Pay Attention", Competition Policy International, August 2012
- Dina Kallay, Antitrust – Intellectual Property Interface Perspectives, Remarks at the 6th Annual Session of UNECE I.P. Specialists, Geneva, June 21, 2012
- Randolph Tritell and Rachel Brandenburger, "Global Antitrust Policies: How Wide is the Gap?", Concurrences, N° 1-2012, pp.3-11
- Alden Abbott, “Enhancing Welfare By Attacking Anticompetitive Market Distortions”, Social Science Research Network, January 2012
2011
- Randolph W. Tritell and John J. Parisi, "The EC-US Cooperation Agreement: Two Decades of Cooperation, Challenges, and Convergence" (2011)
- Andrew Heimert, Maintaining a Culture of Competition—The Work Never Ends, Hong Kong University, December 2011.
- Krisztian Katona and Diego Herrera Moraes, Reforms Achieved, but Challenges Ahead: Brazil’s New Competition Law, American Bar Association, 2011 International Antitrust Bulletin Vol. 3
- Krisztian Katona and John J. Parisi, The New, Improved Best Practices Guidelines for US/EC Merger Enforcement Coordination, American Bar Association, The Threshold (2011), Vol. XII, Number 1
- Russell Damtoft and Armando Irizarry, Competition Agencies Take Root in Central America, American Bar Association, 2011 International Antitrust Bulletin Vol. 2
- Maria Coppola, One Network’s Effect: The Rise and Future of the ICN, Concurrences, N° 3-2011, n°37134, pp. 222-229
- Maria Coppola, International Competition Network Update, The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2012, Global Competition Review, October 2011
- Andrew J. Heimert, Abuse of Dominance Involving Intellectual Property, Beijing, China, May 27, 2011.
- FTC Staff Comment on the United Kingdom Department for Business Innovation & Skills Consultation, A Competition Regime for Growth: A Consultation on Options for Reform (June 2011)
- Maria Coppola and Cynthia Lagdameo, Taking Stock and Taking Root: a closer look at implementation of the ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures, The International Competition Network At Ten, Paul Lugard (ed.), Intersentia Ltd. (2011)
- Maria Coppola, ICN Best Practice: Soft Law, Concrete Results, published in CPI Antitrust Chronicle July 2011 (1)
- Willard Tom, The Relationship Between Competition Law and Intellectual Property, Beijing, China, June 4, 2011
- Randolph W. Tritell and Russell Damtoft, Antitrust Cooperation in the Americas: The Experience of the Federal Trade Commission, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11, 2011
- Randolph W. Tritell, Director, Office of International Affairs, Interview: Randolph Tritell: A US Government Official’s Perspective on International Antitrust, published in Concurrences 2-2011 (2011)
- Dina Kallay, U.S.-China Antitrust Cooperation: Onward and Upward, published in CPI Antitrust Chronicle, February 2011
2010
- Commissioner William E. Kovacic, The First Decade: Challenges Facing New Competition Agencies, Belgrade, Serbia, June 26, 2010
- Commissioner William E. Kovacic, Agency Culture, Organizational Identity, and People, International Competition Network Agency Effectiveness Workshop, London, England, June 12, 2010
- Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Remarks before the Friends of Europe Roundtable on New Transatlantic Trends in Competition Policy, Brussels, Belgium, June 10, 2010
- Commissioner William E. Kovacic, The Enduring Significance of Poland's Antimonopoly Law, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection of Poland, Warsaw, Poland, May 27, 2010
- John J. Parisi, Enforcement Cooperation Among Antitrust Authorities (August 2010)
- Marian Bruno, Prepared Remarks for Russian Competition Day, Suzdal, Russian Federation, June 8, 2010
- Commissioner Thomas Rosch, The Path You Need Not Travel: Observations on Why Canada Can Do Without Section 5, Canadian Competition Forum, Toronto, February 4, 2010
2009
- Alden F. Abbott, Competition Policy and Its Convergence as Key Drivers of Economic Development (2009)
- Alden Abbott, The IP-Antitrust Balance: A U.S. Government Perspective, International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights, Rome, Italy, December 3, 2009
- Alden Abbott, Competition Law Reform: A U.S. FTC Perspective, International Conference on Competition Law, Delhi, India, November 6, 2009
- Elizabeth Kraus, Extraterritoriality & Antitrust: A Perspective on the U.S. Experience, remarks before the International Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain, October, 5, 2009.
- Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Federal Trade Commission Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws, 36th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy of the Fordham Competition Law Institute at Fordham Law School, September 24, 2009
- Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Introduction of Philip Lowe and Announcement of Joint FTC/DOJ Project to Modernize the Horizontal Merger Guidelines, Third Annual Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, September 22, 2009
- Russell W. Damtoft, The Relationship Between Competition Policy and Industrial Policy: The Historical Experience of the United States, UNCTAD Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2009
- Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Observations on Evidentiary Issues in Antitrust Cases, Remarks Before the EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop, Florence, Italy, June 19, 2009.
- Commissioner William E. Kovacic, The Future of U.S. Competition Policy at Home and Abroad
Competition Law Association, London, England, March 23, 2009 - Commissioner William E. Kovacic, Competition Policy in the EU and the US: Convergence or Divergence?
FIDE, Madrid, Spain, February 17, 2009
2008
- Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Some Views on the European Microsoft Case, McGill University Faculty Law Symposium, Montreal, Canada, October 29, 2008
- Dina Kallay, China’s New Anti-Monopoly Law: An International Antitrust Convergence Perspective, Remarks delivered at Melbourne Law School’s “Unleashing the Tiger? Competition Law in China and Hong Kong” Conference, Melbourne, Australia, October 4, 2008.
- Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Striking a Balance?Some Reflections on Private Enforcement in Europe and the United States, Before the International Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
New York City, September 24, 2008 - Dina Kallay, Reflections on China’s New Anti-Monopoly Law, Remarks before the IBA/SVK “Europe and the Globalisation of Antitrust” Conference, Berlin, Germany, June 30, 2008.
- Chairman William E. Kovacic, Competition Policy in the European Union and the United States: Convergence or Divergence?, before Bates White Fifth Annual Antitrust Conference
Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008 - Alden Abbott, The European Framework for Electronic Communications: A U.S. FTC Perspective, Bonn, Germany, April 24, 2008.
- Randolph W. Tritell, Assessment of Dominance/Substantial Market Power, Unilateral Conduct Working Group, International Competition Network, Kyoto, Japan, April 14, 2008 (with slides),
- Chairman William E. Kovacic, Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, Washington, DC, April 7, 2008
- William E. Blumenthal, Looking Towards Implementation of China's Anti-Monopoly Law, New York on April 4, 2008
- General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, The ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Process: Why They Matter, International Competition Network, Brno, Czech Republic, March 18, 2008.
2007
- Dina Kallay, Merger Enforcement: Procedural and Substantive Review Reflections and the Importance of International Cooperation, Remarks before the State Administration for Industry and Commerce International Symposium on Enforcement of the Antimonopoly Law, Beijing, China, December 13, 2007.
- Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, The Challenge of Non-Horizontal Merger Enforcement at the Fordham Competition Law Institute’s 34th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy, New York City, September 27-28, 2007.
- Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, I say Monopoly, You say Dominance: The Continuing Divide on the Treatment of Dominant Firms, is it the Economics? Presented at the International Bar Association, Antitrust Section Conference, Florence, Italy September 8, 2007.
- General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, Addressing Dominance under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, Beijing, China, July 21, 2007.
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Defending Competition Principles on a Global Basis, July 17, 2007.
- General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, Alexandria, Virginia, July 11, 2007.
- Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Has The Pendulum Swung Too Far? Some Reflections on U.S. and EC Jurisprudence, Based on remarks presented at the Bates White Fourth Annual Antitrust Conference, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2007.
- General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, Discussant Comments on Exploitative Abuses under Article 82 EC, Twelfth Annual Competition Law and Policy Workshop, Florence, Italy, June 9, 2007.
- Randolph W. Tritell, Objectives of Unilateral Conduct, Unilateral Conduct Working Group, International Competition Network, Moscow, Russian Federation, May 30, 2007.
- Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, The Three Cs: Convergence, Comity, and Coordination, Remarks before the St. Gallen International Competition Law Forum, St. Gallen University, St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 10-11, 2007.
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, The Rule of Law in Chicago and Around the Globe, Jones Day Chicago Office 20th Anniversary Celebration, Chicago, IL, May 2, 2007.
- General Counsel William Blumenthal, Government Policy for Fostering Innovation, Delivered before the Global Forum on Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Innovation organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in Beijing on March 28, 2007.
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, National Champions: I Don’t Even Think it Sounds Good, 13th International Conference on Competition/14th European Competition Day, Munich, Germany, March 26, 2007.
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Opening Remarks, FTC/DOJ Workshop: Charting the Future Course of International Technical Assistance, Washington, D.C., February 6, 2008
2006
- Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Competition Choke Points? Before the 2006 Global Forum, Paris France, November 9, 2006.
- Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, Adoption of Trade Regulations in China, Scope and Effect: An American's View,Shanghai, China, October 20, 2006
- Maria Coppola Tineo, International Competition Network Update, September 2006.
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, The Consumer Reigns: Using Section 2 to Ensure a ‘Competitive Kingdom’ , June 20, 2006.
- General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, The Relationship Between Competition Agencies and Other Units of Government, Hangzhou, China, May 19, 2006.
- Alden Abbott, Competition Policy in Bilateral Trade Arrangements in the Context of Developing Country Economic Reform, Bali, Indonesia, June 15, 2006.
- Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Reflections on the DG Competition Discussion Paper on the Application of Article 82 to Exclusionary Abuses, St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 11, 2006.
- Commissioner William E. Kovacic, Competition Agency and Business Community Networks, May 3, 2006.
- Commissioner William E. Kovacic, A Multilateral Working Group for Unilateral Conduct, May 5, 2006.
- Maria Coppola Tineo, Implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures, May 5, 2006.
- Randolph W. Tritell, Remarks, Fifth Annual ICN Conference, May 3, 2006 (with slides)
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Promoting a Culture of Competition , Beijing, China, Apr. 10, 2006.
- Randolph W. Tritell, International Antitrust Issues, Statement Before Antitrust Modernization Commission, Feb. 15, 2006
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Remarks to Mexican Judicial Training Seminar, February 1, 2006.
2005
- Assistant General Counsel David Shonka, The Role of the Judiciary in Enforcing and Legitimizing Competition Law and Policy, December 12, 2005
- General Counsel William Blumenthal, The Status of Convergence on Transatlantic Merger Policy, October 27, 2005
- Pamela Jones Harbour, Developments in Competition Law in the European Union and the United States: Harmony and Conflict, remarks at the New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section Fall Meeting 2005, Program 19, London, England, October 21, 2005
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, State Intervention: A State of Displaced Competition, Sept. 20, 2005
- Russell Damtoft, Introduction to Antitrust Review of the Americas, September 2005
- Bureau of Economcs Director Michael A. Salinger, Can Economics Bridge the Atlantic? Monopolization Under Section 2, Dominance Under Article 82, and Fouls in Football George Mason University Fall 2005 Antitrust Symposium, Washington, DC, September 20, 2005
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Comment on Proposed Consumer Trading and Standards Authority
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, The United States Federal Trade Commission Promotes Better Markets and Better Choices: A Look At Health Care and Financial Services, September 15, 2005.
- Alden F. Abbott, Assistant Director for Policy and Coordination, The Harmonization of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy: A Unified Approach to Economic Progress, before the APEC High Level Symposium on IPR, September 8, 2005
- Randolph W. Tritell, International Antitrust Convergence: A Positive View, Summer 2005
- Elizabeth F. Kraus and Maria B. Coppola, International Competition Network--Update Summer 2005
- Deirdre Shanahan, Bureau of Competition, The Development of Antitrust in China, Korea and Japan, before International Competition Law: Real World Issues and Strategies for Success, Montreal, Canada, June 16-17, 2005
- Maria Coppola, Bureau of Competition, Monitoring and Implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification Procedures, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Fourth Annual Conference, Bonn, Germany, June 8, 2005
- General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, Presentation to the International Symposium on the Draft Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, China, May 23-24, 2005.
- General Counsel William Blumenthal, Recent Developments in the Merger Review Process in the United States and the International Competition Network. This is the written version of remarks delivered before the International Bar Association and Japanese Federation of Bar Associations, Conference on International Competition Enforcement, in Tokyo on April 20, 2005
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, “U.S. Antitrust Practice - How does it affect European business?” before the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, Brussels, Belgium, April 7, 2005
- Randolph W. Tritell and Elizabeth F. Kraus, The Federal Trade Commission’s, International Antitrust Program, American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Washington DC, April 1, 2005
- Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Promoting International Convergence: Spring Training for Antitrust Professionals, Final Keynote at ABA International Forum, January 25, 2005, Miami, Florida
- Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, "The Use of Economics in Merger Analysis", at The IBC Conference: The Use of Economics in Competition Law, at the Renaissance Hotel, Brussels, January 27, 2005
2004
- John J. Parisi, A Simple Guide to the EU Merger Regulation, 2004 (updated to January 1, 2010)
- Elizabeth F. Kraus & Maria B. Coppola, “The International Competition Network: A Virtual Reality” Summer 2004
- Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb,"Effects-Based Analysis: Mergers and Vertical Restraints," before the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Third Annual Merger Control Conference, London House, Mecklenburgh Square, London, UK, December 6, 2004
- Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, Antitrust Enforcement R&D: Mergers and Vertical Restraints, at Kings College, London, UK, December 3, 2004
- Russell Damtoft, Bureau of Competition, When Firms Ask the State to Squelch Competition: the Role of Advocacy, Santiago, Chile, October 29, 2004
- Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, Economics and Antitrust Policy As the Keynote Speaker at The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) 2004 Annual Meeting at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany, September 2, 2004
- Former Commissioner Thomas B. Leary, The Economic Roots of Antitrust, An Outline , International Seminar on Antitrust Law and Economic Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law in Beijing, China, July 1, 2004.
- Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Monitoring and Implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification Procedures, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 22, 2004
- Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Opening Presentation, Slides, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 21, 2004
- Former General Counsel William E. Kovacic, Achieving Better Practices in the Design of Competition Policy Institutions, Remarks before the Seoul Competition Forum 2004, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 20, 2004
2003
- Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Opening Remarks, Presentation, Closing Remarks, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Second Annual Conference, Merida, Mexico, June 24, 2003
- Russell W. Damtoft, Bureau of Competition, Lessons Learned in the Delivery of Technical Assistance: The United States Experience, International Competition Network Second Annual Conference, Merida, Mexico, June 23, 2003
- Former General Counsel William E. Kovacic, Private Participation in the Enforcement of Public Competition Laws, British Institution of International & Comparative Law, Third Annual Conference on International and Comparative Competition Law: The Transatlantic Antitrust Dialogue, London, May 15, 2003
- Former General Counsel William E. Kovacic, Extraterritoriality, Institutions, and Convergence in International Competition Policy, A Paper Based Upon A Presentation Given At The Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., April 5, 2003
2002
- Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris,, The Interface of Competition and Consumer Protection, Prepared Remarks at The Fordham Corporate Law Institute’s Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, New York City, October 31, 2002
- Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris, Creating a Culture of Competition:The Essential Role of Competition Advocacy, Prepared remarksbefore International Competition Network, Panel on Competition Advocacy and Antitrust Authorities, Naples, Italy, September 28, 2002
- Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris, Competition Agencies in a Market-Based Global Economy, Prepared Remarks At The Annual Lecture of the European Foreign Affairs Review, Brussels, Belgium, July 23, 2002
- Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, Economics in Antitrust: A U.S Perspective, at a panel discussion, "The View From Brussels and Washington," at the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Economics of Competition Policy Summit, Stanhope Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2002
- Commissioner Thomas B. Leary, The Essential Stability of Merger Policy in the United States, Prepared remarks before Guidelines for Merger Remedies: Prospects and Principles, Joint U.S./E.U. Conference, Sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, Paris, France; published in 70 Antitrust L.J. 105 (2002)
2001
- Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris, Merger Enforcement in a World of Multiple Arbiters, before Brookings Institution, Roundtable on Trade and Investment Policy, Washington, D.C., December 21, 2001
- Commissioner Thomas B. Leary, A Comment on Merger Enforcement in the United States and in the European Union, Prepared remarks before the Transatlantic Business Dialogue Principals Meeting, Washington, DC, October 11, 2001
- Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Is A Multilateral Framework Necessary?, before WTO Regional Workshop on Competition Policy
- Economic Development and the Multilateral Trading System: Overview of the Issues and Options for the Future, Capetown, South Africa, February 22, 2001
EARLIER
- John J. Parisi, Bureau of Competition, Enforcement Cooperation Among Antitrust Authorities, before the IBC UK Conferences Sixth Annual London Conference on EC Competition Law, London, England, 19 May 1999 (Updated October 2000)
- Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Regulatory Harmonization: 21st Century Challenges for Competition and Antitrust in the Transatlantic Area
- Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, International Aspects of United States Merger Review Policy
Contact Information
- Randolph W. Tritell 202-326-3051 rtritell@ftc.gov
Director, Office of International Affairs - Elizabeth Kraus 202-326-2649 ekraus@ftc.gov
Deputy Director for International Antitrust - Joshua Gray 202-326-3729 jbgray@ftc.gov
EC - Russell Damtoft 202-326-2893 rdamtoft@ftc.gov
Canada, Latin America & Caribbean, China, India, Russia - Andrew Heimert 202-326-2474 aheimert@ftc.gov
China, ICN Unilateral Conduct - Dina Kallay 202-326-2616 dkallay@ftc.gov
Intellectual Property, Japan, Korea, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Oceania, Israel - Krisztian Katona 202-326-2517 kkatona@ftc.gov
OECD, Germany, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe - Cynthia Lagdameo 212-606-2828 clagdameo@ftc.gov
ICN - Molly Askin 202-326-3663 maskin@ftc.gov
ICN, Merger Policy, France, Spain - Paul O'Brien 202-326-2831 pobrien@ftc.gov
ICN, UK - Maria Coppola (on detail as an advisor to the ICN Chair) mcoppola@ftc.gov
- Competition technical assistance issues are under the purview of James Hamill, Deputy Director for International Technical Assistance, whose group includes Timothy Hughes (esp. Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe), Nicholas Franczyk (esp. India and Africa), and Russell Damtoft.