Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recently spoke about the costs to the Russian economy of substantial state ownership of businesses.  President Medvedev, according to articles argued that dominance in certain industries limits investment and harms competitiveness.  He called for a reduction in Russia’s government ownership stakes.    The ICN issued a report on state-created monopolies […]

  Today’s links sample some of the cooperation agreements among competition agencies. Chile Russia US DOJ US FTC EU Nordic Cooperation Japan Canada Brazil Australia

  Today’s links sample some of the cooperation agreements among competition agencies. Chile Russia US DOJ US FTC EU Nordic Cooperation Japan Canada Brazil Australia

  The Turkish Competition Authority hosted the ninth Annual Conference of the ICN from April 27-29, 2010. Five hundred delegates, representing more than 80 competition agencies, and over 100 NGAs from the legal, business, consumer, and academic communities, and international organizations attended the conference. Working groups and participants addressed the successes of the ICN from […]

The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has a unique way of publicizing its involvement in the ICN – press releases. Here are a few recent examples of how FAS has gotten the word out about its ICN involvement: ICN cartel call series on criminalization ICN Steering Group meeting ICN annual conference ICN advocacy teleseminar