March 16, 2016
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has regularly held bilateral meetings on competition policy with competition authorities in other jurisdictions for the purpose of building the cooperative relationship and promoting the mutual understanding.
The JFTC will hold the 9th bilateral meeting with the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) of the United Kingdom as follows. Japan-the UK meetings have been held since 1990.
1. Date: March 17, 2016
2. Venue: London, the United Kingdom
3. Participants:
JFTC Commissioner Hiroyuki Odagiri and other officials
CMA Chairman David Currie and other officials
4. Agenda:
Recent Cases of Big-rigging
Abuse of Super Bargaining Position
Use of Economics in Merger Review
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