Media Advisory
FTC to Host Roundtable Discussion on New OECD Publication: Consumer Policy Toolkit
The Consumer Policy Toolkit will help government policy makers around the world who strive to protect and empower consumers in an increasingly complex global marketplace. This roundtable discussion is open to the public.
| WHO: | FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz U.S. Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Karen Kornbluh OECD Director of Science, Technology, and Industry, Andrew Wyckoff |
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| WHEN: | Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. |
| WHERE: | Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Room 432 Washington, DC |
| WHAT: | The Consumer Policy Toolkit provides advice for consumer protection authorities and other regulators to help them determine where markets may be failing consumers, and what steps they can take in response. This guide outlines a comprehensive six-step process for choosing the best consumer protection policies, and describes a range of policy tools that government officials can use to address consumer problems. Included in the publication are examples drawn from the experiences of more than 20 countries. The OECD is the pre-eminent international forum in which market economies committed to democracy can grapple with economic, social, and governance issues. |
| PRESS: | FTC Office of Public Affairs |
| CONTACT: | 202-326-2180 |