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As commerce continually becomes more international, an increasing number of the FTC’s antitrust investigations involve international issues. To promote and protect free and vigorous competition, the FTC continues to build and strengthen relationships with competition agencies around the world. These relationships are a key component of the FTC’s competition enforcement program, and they facilitate the agency’s efforts to promote convergence toward sound competition enforcement and policy. The FTC continues to work closely with the European Union, Canada, and many other jurisdictions on cases of mutual interest.

The FTC also works with several multilateral organizations to facilitate dialogue and convergence toward sound competition policy and enforcement, particularly the International Competition Network (ICN), the Competition Committee of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and regional organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). The FTC is a member of the ICN Steering Group, in which Chair Khan serves as vice chair for digital. Recently, the FTC helped found the Inter-American Competition Alliance, which fosters enforcement cooperation in the Americas through regular conference calls on matters of mutual interest.

The FTC plays an active role in negotiating competition chapters of free trade agreements. The FTC also provides competition technical assistance to countries transitioning to market economies and establishing new competition regimes.

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  • Jon Nathan, t.202-326-2457 jnathan@ftc.gov
    Acting Director for Office of International Affairs
    European Commission and Member States, India, and Israel; Cooperation
  • Ellen Connelly, t.202-326-2532 econnelly@ftc.gov
    Acting Deputy Director for International Antitrust
    Canada, UK, Latin America, G7
  • Molly Askin, t.202-326-3663 maskin@ftc.gov 
    International Discovery, Africa and the Middle East; Case Cooperation
  • Steven Couper, t.202-326-3349 scouper@ftc.gov
    Africa, Australia, ICN, New Zealand; Case Cooperation
  • Joonsuk Lee, t.202-326-2823 jlee4@ftc.gov
    Japan; Korea; SE Asia; APEC; ASEAN
  • Abigail Miller, t.202-326-2650 amiller2@ftc.gov
    Paralegal
  • David Owyang, t.202-326-3013 dowyang@ftc.gov
    OECD, EU member states, Switzerland