August 28, 2018
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), along with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), will co-host the 14th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy and the 11th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy in Sydney, Australia.
The East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy has been held aiming at strengthening the cooperative relationship among competition authorities/competition related authorities through candid exchange of views and information with attendance of the top-level officials from those authorities.
The East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy has been organized for the purpose of developing the common understanding on importance of competition law and policy in the East Asia region.
Ｓeventeen authorities in the region in total will participate in the Meeting and the Conference this year.
1. Date:
(1) The 14th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
(2) The 11th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy
Thursday, August 30, 2018
2. Location:
Sydney, Australia.
3. Agenda:
(1) The 14th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy
(a) Recent Developments and Trends in National Competition Law and Policy
(b) Actual Cases and Challenges of Cross-border Enforcement and Cooperation
(c) Selling Competition - Key tools for advocacy
(d) Experience, Evaluation, and Coordination of Technical Assistance and Related International Activities
(2) The 11th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy
(a) Addressing competition issues in complex industries
(b) Competition advocacy and State Owned Enterprises
(c) Competition Issues in The Ecommerce Sector
East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meetings and East Asia Conferences in the past
| Time | Location | Meeting | Conference |
| March 2004 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | - | 1st Conference |
| May 2005 | Indonesia (Bogor) | 1st Meeting | 2nd Conference |
| June 2006 | Thailand (Bangkok) | 2nd Meeting | 3rd Conference |
| May 2007 | Vietnam (Hanoi) | 3rd Meeting | 4th Conference |
| April 2008 | Japan (Kyoto) | 4th Meeting | - |
| June 2009 | Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) | 5th Meeting | 5th Conference |
| September 2010 | Korea (Seoul) | 6th Meeting | - |
| September 2011 | Singapore (Singapore) | 7th Meeting | 6th Conference |
| May 2012 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | 8th Meeting | 7th Conference |
| August 2013 | Philippines（Manila） | 9th Meeting | 8th Conference |
| October 2014 | Japan (Tokyo) | 10th Meeting | - |
| August 2015 | Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh) | 11th Meeting | 9th Conference |
| September 2016 | Korea (Seoul) | 12th Meeting | - |
| September 2017 | Indonesia (Bali) | 13th Meeting | 10th Conference |
＊Every announcement is tentative translation.
Please refer to the original text written in Japanese for more details.
