WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department’s (DoJ) Antitrust Division will co-host a Spring Enforcers Summit on April 4.
FTC Chair Lina M. Khan and DoJ Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, as well as senior staff from both agencies, will facilitate discussions on modernizing merger guidelines and interagency collaboration. The summit will be held in a hybrid format, with international enforcers and state attorneys general participating both in-person and virtually. Throughout the day, the agencies said they will livestream several panel discussions and interviews to the public. The Enforcers Summit agenda and viewing instructions are available here.
“Mounting evidence of high concentration across markets and a variety of consequent harms have prompted a broad reassessment of our antitrust enforcement tools and frameworks,” said Khan. “As we seek to update our approach to match economic realities, learning from and collaborating with our state and international enforcement partners will best equip us to tackle challenges and chart the right path ahead.”
Added Kanter, “This summit provides a great opportunity for enforcers across the country and world to gather together and learn from each other,” said Kanter. “Hearing from our international and state counterparts will help us to ensure that our enforcement practices and guidelines reflect modern market realities.”
What’s on Agenda
The Enforcers Summit will include conversations about merger enforcement as well as discussions on how to work with industry regulators as part of a whole of government approach to competition policy.
“These discussions will inform the agencies’ joint public inquiry on modernizing merger guidelines,” the FTC said. “As the FTC and Antitrust Division work to revise their joint merger guidelines, the agencies are encouraging input from a wide range of stakeholders and are holding listening sessions throughout the spring to hear from members of the public. This summit will provide a valuable opportunity to gather both international and domestic perspectives on how U.S. merger reform can help us meet the challenges and realities of the modern economy.”
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