International Competition and Consumer Protection Cooperation Agreements

  Competition Agreements Consumer Protection Agreements
Australia

U.S. - Australia Cooperation Agreement
(June 1982)

U.S. - Australian Mutual Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Agreement
and Annex

DOJ-FTC Implementation Protocol
(April 1999)

Agreement on the Mutual Enforcement Assistance in Consumer Protection Matters
(July 2000)

Agreement Concerning Consumer Sentinel Network Confidentiality
(July 2000)

Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Matters Enforcement Assistance in Commercial Email
(July 2004)

Brazil

U.S. - Brazil Cooperation Agreement
(October 1999)

 
Canada U.S. - Canada Cooperation Agreement (August 1995)

Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations (2014)

Enhanced Positive Comity Agreement (2004)

Canada-U.S. Cross-Border Mass Marketing Enforcement Partnership MOUs:

1996 Memorandum on Cross-Border Telemarketing Fraud (1996)

Toronto Strategic Partnership (2009)

Alberta Partnership (2004)

Vancouver Strategic Alliance (2007)

Atlantic Partnership [English | French] (2005)

Chile Agreement on Antitrust Cooperation
(March 2011)
 
 
China Memorandum of Understanding
(June 2007)
Colombia  
Costa Rica  

Memorandum of Understanding
(March 2006)

Germany

U.S. - Germany Cooperation Agreement
(June 1976)

 
European Union

U.S. - Commission of the European Communities Cooperation Agreement
(September 1991)

Enhanced Positive Comity Agreement
(June 1998)

US - EU Merger Working Group, Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations
(revised October 2011)

FAQs on the US-EU Merger Working Group’s Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations
(October 2011)

 
India Memorandum of Understanding (September 2012)
 
 
Ireland  

Memorandum Of Understanding On Mutual Enforcement Assistance In Consumer Protection Matters
(October 2003)

Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Assistance in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Personal Information in the Private Sector
(June 2013)

Israel

U.S. - Israel Cooperation Agreement
(March 1999)

 
Japan

U.S. - Japan Cooperation Agreement
(October 1999)

 
Korea Memorandum of Understanding on Antitrust Cooperation Between the United States Department of Justice and the United States Federal Trade Commission, of the One Part, and the Korea Fair Trade Commission, of the Other Part (September 2015)  
Mexico

U.S. - Mexico Agreement
(July 2000)

U.S.-Mexico Cooperation Agreement
(January 2005)

Netherlands   Memorandum of Understanding On Mutual Assistance In the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Personal Information In the Private Sector
(March 2015)
 
Peru Agreement on Antitrust Cooperation (May 2016)  
Russian Federation Memorandum of Understanding
(November 2009)
 
 
Spain  

Memorandum of Understanding On Mutual Enforcement Assistance In Commercial Email Matters
(February 2005)

United Kingdom  

Memorandum Of Understanding On Mutual Enforcement Assistance In Consumer Protection Matters
(October 2000)

Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Enforcement Matters Assistance in Commercial Email
(July 2004)

Memorandum of Understanding on Mutual Assistance In the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Personal Information In the Private Sector
(March 2014)

Multinational Agreements and Arrangements

OECD Recommendation concerning International Co-operation on Competition Investigations and Proceedings
(September 2014)

ICN Framework for Merger Cooperation
(March 2012)

London Action Plan on International Spam Enforcement Cooperation (October 2004)

econsumer.gov Agreement

Sentinel Agreement

APEC Cooperation Agreement for Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement (February 2010)