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Programme and documents
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Opening session
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Session I. Competition and Commodities and Price Volatility
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This full day session started with an overview of recent price volatility; discussed its causes and presented recent OECD work. Substantive discussions drew on expert analysis and on the experiences of competition authorities. The day culminated in a distillation of practical suggestions for competition authorities when faced with issues in these markets.
Speakers
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Carmel CAHILL (Senior Counsellor, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD), presented Price Volatility in Food and Agricultural Markets: Policy Responses (joint work by FAO, IFAD, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD,WFP, The World Bank, the WTO, IFPRI and the UN HLTF)
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Bibek DEBROY (Professor of Economics, Centre for Policy Research and International Management Institute, India), presented Competition Issues in the Agricultural Sector
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Scott DAVENPORT (Executive Director, NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Australia), presented Competition Issues in Agricultural Supply Chains
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Torbjörn IWARSON (Head of Commodities, SEB Merchant Banking, Sweden), presented Reflections on the Causes of Commodity Market Price Changes and Volatility
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Gustavo LAGOS (Professor at the Department of Mineral Economics, Catholic University of Chile), presented Competition and Commodities and Price Volatility
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Documentation
Background Note by the Secretariat
Call for Contributions | Appel à Contributions
Written contributions
Presentation by Ms. Carmel Cahill
Presentation by Mr. Scott Davenport
Presentation by Mr. Bibek Debroy
Presentation by Mr. Torbjörn Iwarson
Presentation by Mr. Frédéric Jenny
Presentation by Mr. Gustavo Lagos
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Session II. Improving International Co-operation in Cartel Investigations
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This session examined how the existing frameworks for international cooperation in cartel investigations could be modified or improved. The roundtable also explored how international co-operation works in other fields, such as bribery, tax and money laundering, to see if any practices can be extrapolated to cartel enforcement.
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Malick DIALLO (SG and Commissioner, National Competition Commission, Senegal)
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Marc HANSEN (Partner, Latham & Watkins)
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Jean-Bernard SCHMID (State Prosecutor, Switzerland)
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Stefano GESUELLI (Head of Taxation, International Co-operation Office, Guardia di Finanza, Italy)
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Toshiyuki NAMBU (Deputy Secretary General for International Affairs, Japan Fair Trade Commision)
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Documentation
Background Note by the Secretariat | Note de référence du Secrétariat
Call for Contributions | Appel à Contributions
Written contributions
Presentation by Mr. Malick Diallo
Presentation by Mr. Stefano Gesuelli
Presentation by Mr. Marc Hansen
Presentation by Mr. Toshiyuki Nambu
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Session III. State Owned Enterprises and Competitive Neutrality
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This session allowed participants to hear the preliminary findings of the Report on Competitive Neutrality under preparation by the OECD, as well as to present country experiences with competitive distortions resulting from an uneven playing field in markets where public undertakings co-exist with private competitors.
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Pablo MÁRQUEZ (Deputy Superintendent, SCI, Colombia)
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Shila Dorai RAJ (Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism, Malaysia)
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Shan RAMBURUTH (Chair, Competition Commission, South Africa)
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Andrew DEITZ (Manager, The Treasury, Australia)
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Gert-Jan KOOPMAN (Deputy Director-General, DG COMP, EU)
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Presentation by Mr. Andrew Deitz
Presentation by Mr. Gert-Jan Koopman
Presentation by Mr. Pablo Márquez
Presentation by Ms. Shila Dorai Raj
Presentation by Mr. Shan Ramburuth
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Final session. Evaluation and Proposals for Future Work
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