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Selected notes, papers and studies prepared for the Working Group on
the Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy by the WTO Secretariat:
- a Synthesis Paper on the Relationship of Trade and Competition Policy
to Development and Economic Growth WT/WGTCP/W/80;
- a Background Note on the Fundamental WTO Principles of National
Treatment, Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment and Transparency
(WT/WGTCP/W/114);
- a Background Note on the Fundamental Principles of Competition Policy
(WT/WGTCP/W/127);
- an Overview of WTO Members' National Competition Legislation
(WT/WGTCP/W/128/Rev.3);
- a Note on Exceptions, Exemptions and Exclusions contained in WTO
Members' National Competition Legislation (WT/WGTCP/W/172);
- an Information Note on the Impact of Cross-Border Mergers and
Acquisitions on Domestic Companies, particularly Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises (WT/WGTCP/W/180);
- a Background Note on Support for Progressive Reinforcement of
Competition Institutions in Developing Countries through Capacity
Building (WT/WGTCP/W/182);
- a Background Note on Provisions on Hardcore Cartels
(WT/WGTCP/W/191);
- a Background Note on Modalities for Voluntary Cooperation
(WT/WGTCP/W/192);
- a Background Note on Core Principles, Including Transparency,
Non-Discrimination and Procedural Fairness (WT/WGTCP/W/209);
- a Study on Issues Relating to a Possible Multilateral Framework
(WT/WGTCP/W/228
Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3,
Part 4;) prepared by an independent consultant in
2003, and involving:
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the examination of issues concerning the relationship between
competition policy as it relates to trade and industrial policy;
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the examination of issues and compilation of available empirical data
relevant to the resource implications of adopting and effectively
implementing a multilateral framework on competition policy, including
provisions relating to hardcore cartels, transparency, procedural
fairness and responding to requests for voluntary cooperation;
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the examination of the impact of competition law and policy in tackling
anti-competitive practices of firms in a developing country setting;
- a Report on Secretariat Technical Assistance Activities Pursuant to
Paragraph 24 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration (WT/WGTCP/W/230); and
- a Background Note on Provisions on Procedural Fairness in Existing
WTO Agreements (WT/WGTCP/W/231); and
- the numerous submissions by WTO Members and by international
organizations dealing with international competition policy issues.
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