Introduction    back to top

Brief information about competition policy work in the WTO
Links to the section on competition policy in the WTO Guide “Understanding the WTO”.
  

Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy (WGTCP)    back to top

As a result of the Ministerial Conference in Singapore (1996), the Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy (WGTCP) was established to study various aspects of this issue, with the participation of all WTO Members.

Under the Doha Ministerial Declaration (2001), the study work within the Working Group was focusing on the clarification of:

- core principles, including transparency, non-discrimination and procedural fairness

- provisions on hardcore cartels;

- modalities for voluntary cooperation; and

- support for progressive reinforcement of competition institutions in developing countries through capacity building.

The Working Group is currently inactive but the WTO Secretariat continues to respond to national requests for technical assistance in this area for the benefit of interested WTO Members and countries seeking accession to the WTO.
  

Documents of the Working Group    back to top

> Documents page
  

History, Mandates and Decisions    back to top

> Singapore Ministerial Conference (1996)
> Doha Ministerial Conference (2001)
> Cancún Ministerial Conference (2003)
> The “July Decision” (2004)
  

Technical Assistance in regard to Trade and Competition Policy    back to top

Technical Assistance activities include symposia, regional and national workshops, sometimes undertaken in co-operation with other multilateral agencies.
  

Links    back to top