Key Speeches and Presentations on International Competition

FTC staff and commissioners deliver speeches and publish articles detailing aspects of the FTC’s international competition mission. We address international competition policy, work with international organizations, like the ICN, and technical assistance. 

2022

• Randolph Tritell and Elizabeth Kraus, The Federal Trade Commission's International Antitrust Program, April 2022

2021

• Askin, Molly and Mwemba, Willard, The Role of Regional Competition Regimes in Supporting International Enforcement Cooperation, August 2021. Published as part of the Symposium on Markets, Competition and Regional Integration in the Global South - New Perspectives, co-hosted by Afronomicslaw, Chair of International Relations, Hochshüle fur Politik Technical University of Munich, Germany, and the Mandela Institute at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
• Paul O’Brien, The ICN: Using 20 Years of Network Effects to Look to the Future, Antitrust Magazine Online, August 2021

2020

• Russell Damtoft, The US FTC’s Antitrust Response to the COVID-19 Crisis, OECD-GVH Regional Center for Competition in Budapest Supplement to Competition Policy in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, July 2020
• Maria Coppola, Elizabeth Kraus, Cynthia Lewis Lagdameo, Paul O'Brien, Randy Tritell, (Nearly) A Century with the ICN, Competition Policy International, ICN Column, May 2020
• Maria Coppola and Renato Nazzini, The European and U.S. Approaches to Antitrust and Tech: Setting the Record Straight – A Reply to Gregory J. Werden and Luke M. Froeb’s Antitrust and Tech: Europe and the United States Differ, and It Matters, Competition Policy International, May 2020
• Timothy T. Hughes, The Role of Competition Culture and Policies in The Federal Trade Commission’s Technical Assistance Mission, in Concurrences No.2-2020 - Antitrust and Developing and Emerging and Developing Economies

2019

• Russell Damtoft, Paul O’Brien, Attorney-Client Privilege in Competition Law Proceedings: Primed for Convergence? An Example from Mexico, Competition Policy International, Latin America Column, December 2019
• Randolph Tritell and Elizabeth Kraus, The Federal Trade Commission’s International Antitrust Program, October 2019
• Randolph Tritell, Where in the World? Understanding the Web of Global Antitrust, ABA Antitrust Law Section podcast, September 2019
• Paul O’Brien, ICN’s Framework for Competition Agency Procedures, Part 2: What does the CAP mean for the ICN tomorrow?, Competition Policy International, ICN Column, May 2019
• Paul O’Brien, ICN’s Framework for Competition Agency Procedures, Part 1: What does the CAP mean for the ICN today?, Competition Policy International, ICN Column, April 2019

2018

• Andrew J. Heimert, Privacy Policies and Competition Law, Asian Competition Forum, Hong Kong SAR, December 11, 2018
• Cynthia Lagdameo, ICN Unilateral Conduct Workshop: Stellenbosch, South Africa, Competition Policy International, December 2018
• Paul O’Brien, Procedural Fairness: Convergence in Process, Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle, November 2018
• Elizabeth Kraus, Interview for Global Merger Control Conference, Non-Horizontal Mergers: Recent issues raised by vertical and conglomerate mergers, November 2018
• Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, The Defense of Competition and Consumers in a Changing World: Reflections on a Decade of Competition Enforcement in China, Remarks before the 7th Competition Policy Forum, Competition Law Center, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China, July 31, 2018
• Andrew J. Heimert, Look Back, Look Forward: China’s Antimonopoly Law Enforcement, California Lawyers Association Teleconference, July 25, 2018
• Kristina Mulligan, ICN Training on Demand: the world’s competition law experts are just a click away, Competition Policy International, June 2018

2017

• Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Guidelines for Global Antitrust: The Three Cs – Cooperation, Comity, and Constraints, International Bar Association, 21st Annual Competition Conference, Florence, Italy, September 8, 2017
• Maria Coppola and Paul O’Brien, New Consensus on Merger Procedure and Analysis: the ICN’s 2017 Recommended Practices, published in Competition Policy International’s ICN column, July 2017
• Andrew J. Heimert, Cooperation, Comity, and Foreign Conduct, 6th China Competition Policy Forum, Shanghai, China, August 30-31, 2017
• Interview with Randolph W. Tritell, published by Concurrences, August 10, 2017
• Molly Askin, contributing author, “International Competition Network”, published in “Global Analysis of Antitrust Compliance Programs,” Perspectives on International Antitrust, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Section on International Law’s International Antitrust Committee, March 2017

2016

• Andrew J. Heimert, Competition Enforcement vs. Competition Advocacy: What Role for Antitrust Enforcers Regarding Disruptive Innovation?, Asian Competition Forum, Hong Kong SAR, December 5-6, 2016
• Andrew J. Heimert, Antitrust Treatment of Aftermarkets in the United States, 9th Seoul International Competition Forum, September 2016
• Russell W. Damtoft, Antitrust Cooperation Among the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Competition Policy International, April 2016
• Debbie Feinstein, International and Crossborder Coordination and Collaboration, United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Washington, DC, March 10, 2016
• Randy Tritell, ICN Town Hall on Industrial Policy, Washington, DC, March 8, 2016
• Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Keynote Remarks at the Problems with Global Antitrust Enforcement Conference, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT, February 20, 2016

2015

• Timothy T. Hughes, Russell W. Damtoft, and Randolph W. Tritell, International Competition Technical Assistance: The Federal Trade Commission’s Experience and Challenges for the Future, in Antitrust in Emerging and Developing Countries 2015 Edition
• Andrew J. Heimert, Lessons on Procedural Fairness from U.S. Antitrust Enforcement, Asian Competition Forum, Hong Kong SAR, November 30-December 1, 2015
• Commissioner Terrell McSweeny, Procedural Fairness in Competition Law Enforcement and the FTC Experience, Remarks at King’s College, Centre of European Law, London, United Kingdom, October 23, 2015
• Randolph Tritell, "International Enforcement: What Helps or Hurts Development?" panel at Antitrust in Emerging and Developing Economies 2nd Annual Conference, New York University, New York, October 23, 2015
• Andrew J. Heimert, Patent Assertion Entities and Standard Essential Patents in the United States, Fourth China Competition Policy Forum and International Symposium on Intellectual Property and Antitrust, Beijing, China, October 22-23, 2015
• Randolph Tritell, Meeting the Challenges of the Evolving International Antitrust Landscape, George Mason Legal Review, October 2015
• Paul O'Brien, The ICN’s 2015 Guidance Work Explained, Competition Policy International, September 30, 2015
• Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, The Horizontal Merger Guidelines Five Years Later, Ninth Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., September 29, 2015
• Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Antitrust Oversight of Standard-Essential Patents: The Role of Injunctions, 2015 IP and Antitrust Forum - China Intellectual Property Law Association, Beijing, China, September 12, 2015
• Molly Askin and Russell Damtoft, US: Federal Trade Commission, published in Global Competition Review, The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2016, September 2015
• Paul O’Brien, Krisztian Katona, and Randolph Tritell, Procedural Fairness in Competition Investigations: U.S. FTC Practice and Recent Guidance from the International Competition Network, CPI Antitrust Chronicle, July 2015
• Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, When Regulation Protects Privilege Instead of People: Government Restraints of Trade – A Competition Enforcer’s Perspective, The Antitrust Enforcement Symposium 2015 - The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, Oxford, England, June 27, 2015
• Randolph Tritell, From Dialogue to Action – Considerations for Regional Enforcement Cooperation on Competition Policy and Law in the ASEAN Region, Fifth ASEAN Competition Conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, June 4-5, 2015
• Randolph Tritell, Enhancing Competition Cooperation in the ASEAN Region, Fifth ASEAN Competition Conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, June 4-5, 2015
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Antitrust Enforcement in China, IPO IP Chat Channel, May 7, 2015
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Antitrust and IP in China: Quo Vadis?, ABA Spring Meeting 2015, April 16, 2015
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Recent Intellectual Property-Related Investigations, Advocacy, and Research at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute 23rd Annual IP Conference, Cambridge University, April 8-9, 2015
• Molly Askin and Randolph Tritell, International Antitrust Cooperation: Expanding the Circle, prepared for the Antitrust in Emerging and Developing Countries Conference organized by Concurrences Journal and NYU School of Law, New York, 24 October 2014. The article will be published by the Institute of Competition Law in the forthcoming conference proceedings book.
• Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Testimony at Hearing on “The Foreign Investment Climate in China: U.S. Administration Perspectives on the Foreign Investment Climate in China” before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, January 28, 2015
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Standard-Setting, National Judicial Academy of India Judicial Training, Bhopal, India, January 24, 2015

2014

• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, China’s Antitrust Enforcement in 2014: Looking Back, Looking Forward, ABA, December 8, 2014
• Andressa Lin Fidelis and Paul O'Brien, Confidentiality During Competition Investigations: Comparing the Perspective of Agencies and Practitioners, Competition Policy International, October 23, 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Royalty Rates and Damages, ABA, October 22, 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, IP-Related Antitrust Investigations in China, US-China Summit, October 9, 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin and Anne Layne-Farrar, Methodologies For Calculating FRAND Damages, Law360, October 8-10, 2014
• Dina Kallay and Marc Winerman, First in the World: The FTC International Program at 100, Antitrust, Fall 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, The European Commission’s Safe Harbor Approach to the Seeking of Injunctive Relief on FRAND-Encumbered SEPs, published in ABA Monopoly Matters, Fall 2014
• Commissioner Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Antitrust Enforcement In China – What Next?, Second Annual GCR Live Conference, September 16, 2014
• Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Standard-Essential Patents and Licensing: An Antitrust Enforcement Perspective, 8th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, September 10, 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Procedural Fairness and the Importance of Focusing Solely on Competition Factors in Competition Analysis, International Antitrust Bulletin (ABA Section of Antitrust Law), August 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, FRAND Ambush?, Law360, July 9, 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Recent Trends of IT Industry Restructuring Worldwide & Regulatory Reactions of Korea and China – with an Emphasis on Antitrust and IPR, Korea-China Market & Regulation Law Center’s 2014 International Conference, Beijing, China, May 24, 2014
• Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Core Competition Agency Principles: Lessons Learned at the FTC, Keynote Address at the Antitrust in Asia Conference, Beijing, China, May 22, 2014
• Molly Askin, Koren W. Wong-Ervin, and Anne Newton McFadden, Seven Months In: The U.S. Antitrust Agencies' Joint Model Waiver of Confidentiality, International Antitrust Bulletin (ABA Section of Antitrust Law), May 2014
• Paul O’Brien, Promoting procedural fairness through the ICN, Competition Matters, FTC Blog, April 16, 2014
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Standard-Essential Patents: The International Landscape, published in ABA Intellectual Property Committee Newsletter, Spring 2014
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, International Convergence, Competition Policy, and the Public Interest, International Bar Association Mid-Year Antitrust Conference, March 8, 2014
• Molly Askin and Paul O’Brien, ICN's Merger Working Group: A Driver of International Cooperation, March 4, 2014
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, 100 is the New 30: Recommendations for the FTC’s Next 100 Years, GCR Antitrust Law Leaders’ Forum 2014, February 7, 2014

2013

• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, A Pragmatist’s Approach to Navigating the Intersection of IP and Antitrust, 2013 Standards and Patents Conference, London, United Kingdom, December 4, 2013
• Paul O'Brien, Agency-Party Engagement During Competition Investigations: Perspectives from the ICN’s Investigative Process Project, Competition Policy International, November 30, 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, An Ounce of Antitrust Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Consumer Welfare: The Importance of Competition Advocacy and Premerger Notification, Eleventh Annual Competition Day, Fiscalia Nacional Economica, Santiago, Chile, November 5, 2013
• Chairwoman Edith Ramirez, Protecting Consumers and Competition in a New Era of Transatlantic Trade, Keynote Address at Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Brussels, Belgium, October 29, 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, Interview at Global Forum (Video), October 28, 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, Illuminating the Story of China’s Anti-monopoly Law, Antitrust Source, October 2013
• Commissioner Joshua D. Wright, The FTC’s Role in Shaping Antitrust Doctrine: Recent Successes and Future Targets, Remarks at the 2013 Georgetown Global Antitrust Symposium Dinner, Washington, D.C., September 24, 2013
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, The Proper Role of Antitrust in Addressing Patent Hold-Up, published in ABA Unilateral Conduct Committee Newsletter, Fall 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, Nurturing Competition Regimes: Evaluation and Evolution, Competition Policy in Transition, China Competition Policy Forum, Beijing, China, July 31, 2013
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Pressure Increases on Patent-Assertion Entities, Global Competition Review Vol. 16 Issue 7, July 2013
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, Essential Questions About Standard-Essential Patents, International Antitrust Bulletin (ABA Section of Antitrust Law), July 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, Recent Developments in Intellectual Property and Antitrust Laws in the United States, Interaction of IP and Antitrust: A US-China Comparative Perspective, George Washington University Law School, June 17, 2013
• Koren W. Wong-Ervin, How Far Can Patent Holders Go?, Law360, June 14, 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, Update on International Cooperation and Convergence, Fourth Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues, Northwestern University School of Law, June 13, 2013
• Paul O'Brien, The ICN’s Agenda: What to Look For in 2013-2014, Competition Policy International, May 29, 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, Taking Notes: Observations on the First Five Years of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law, Competition Committee Meeting, United States Council for International Business, Washington, D.C., May 9, 2013
• Molly Askin, Merger Review: Convergence and Implementation of the International Competition Network’s Recommended Practices, published in ABA Section of Antitrust Mergers and Acquisitions Committee Newsletter, The Threshold, Vol. XIII, No. 2, Spring 2013
• Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen, The Never-ending yet Vital Pursuit of Greater Cooperation, Convergence, and Transparency, Keynote Address, China Institute of International Antitrust and Investment First Annual Symposium, March 22, 2013
• Commissioner Joshua D. Wright, Evidence-Based Antitrust Enforcement in the Technology Sector, Competition Law Center, Beijing, China, February 23, 2013
• Russell W. Damtoft, Competition as an Engine for Productivity and Prosperity, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 29, 2013

2012

• Dina Kallay, "When Form Improves Substance: Processes that Enhance Agency Effectiveness", The 8th Asian Competition Forum, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, December 2012
• Cynthia Lewis Lagdameo, "Climbing Mount Everest with the ICN Unilateral Conduct Working Group", Competition Policy International, November 2012
• Andrew Gavil, Competition Impact Assessment of Legislation, International Competition Network Advocacy Workshop, October 27, 2012
• Dina Kallay, "International Cooperation in Civil Investigations", Before the ABA/NYCLA conference on Effective Compliance Tools for Cross-Border Regulation, October 2012
• Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Remarks on the Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding Between the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and the Competition Commission of India, September 27, 2012
• Commissioner Edith Ramirez, Remarks at the Latin America Competition Forum, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, September 2012 (Spanish version). 
• Maria Coppola, International Competition Network Update, "The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2013", Global Competition Review, September 2012
• Maria Coppola, "Competition Advocacy When All the World Is Your Stage", published in Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle, August 2012
• Paul O'Brien, "The ICN in 2012: 12 Reasons to Pay Attention", Competition Policy International, August 2012
• Dina Kallay, "Antitrust – Intellectual Property Interface Perspectives", Remarks at the 6th Annual Session of UNECE I.P. Specialists, Geneva, June 21, 2012
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Can Consumer Choice Promote Trans-Atlantic Convergence of Competition Law and Policy, Concurrences Conference on "Consumer Choice": An Emerging Standard for Competition Law, Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2012
• Commissioner Edith Ramirez, Building Global Antitrust Enforcement BRIC by BRIC, Third Annual Chicago Forum on International Antitrust Issues, June 7, 2012
• Randolph Tritell and Rachel Brandenburger, "Global Antitrust Policies: How Wide is the Gap?", Concurrences, N° 1-2012, pp.3-11
• Alden Abbott, “Enhancing Welfare By Attacking Anticompetitive Market Distortions,” Social Science Research Network, January 2012

2011

• Randolph W. Tritell and John J. Parisi, "The EC-US Cooperation Agreement: Two Decades of Cooperation, Challenges, and Convergence" (2011)
• Andrew Heimert, Maintaining a Culture of Competition—The Work Never Ends, Hong Kong University, December 2011
• Krisztian Katona and Diego Herrera Moraes, Reforms Achieved, but Challenges Ahead: Brazil’s New Competition Law, American Bar Association, 2011 International Antitrust Bulletin Vol. 3
• Krisztian Katona and John J. Parisi, The New, Improved Best Practices Guidelines for US/EC Merger Enforcement Coordination, American Bar Association, The Threshold (2011), Vol. XII, Number 1
• Russell Damtoft and Armando Irizarry, Competition Agencies Take Root in Central America, American Bar Association, 2011 International Antitrust Bulletin Vol. 2
• Maria Coppola, One Network’s Effect: The Rise and Future of the ICN, Concurrence, N° 3-2011, n°37134, pp. 222-229
• Maria Coppola, International Competition Network Update, The Antitrust Review of the Americas 2012, Global Competition Review, October 2011
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Does the EU Need a System of Private Competition Remedies to Supplement Public Law Enforcement?, 2011 LIDC Congress, Oxford, England, September 23, 2011
• Maria Coppola and Cynthia Lagdameo, Stock and Taking Root: a closer look at implementation of the ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Notification and Review Procedures, The International Competition Network At Ten, Paul Lugard (ed.), Taking Intersentia Ltd. (2011)
• Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Statement on Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Antitrust and Anti-Monopoly Cooperation, Beijing, China, July 27, 2011
• Maria Coppola, ICN Best Practice: Soft Law, Concrete Results, published in CPI Antitrust Chronicle July 2011 (1)
• FTC Staff Comment on the United Kingdom Department for Business Innovation & Skills Consultation, A Competition Regime for Growth: A Consultation on Options for Reform (June 2011)
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Designing a Private Remedies System for Antitrust Cases – Lessons Learned from the U.S. Experience, 16th Annual EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop, Fiesole, Italy, June 17, 2011
• Willard Tom, The Relationship Between Competition Law and Intellectual Property, Beijing, China, June 4, 2011
• Randolph W. Tritell and Russell Damtoft, Antitrust Cooperation in the Americas:  The Experience of the Federal Trade Commission, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11, 2011
• Andrew J. Heimert, Abuse of Dominance Involving Intellectual Property, Beijing, China, May 27, 2011
• Randolph W. Tritell, Director, Office of International Affairs, Interview: Randolph Tritell: A US Government Official’s Perspective on International Antitrust, published in Concurrences 2-2011 (2011)
• Dina Kallay, U.S.-China Antitrust Cooperation: Onward and Upward, published in CPI Antitrust Chronicle, February 2011

2010

• Commissioner William E. Kovacic, The First Decade: Challenges Facing New Competition Agencies, Belgrade, Serbia, June 26, 2010
• Commissioner William E. Kovacic, Agency Culture, Organizational Identity, and People, International Competition Network Agency Effectiveness Workshop, London, England, June 12, 2010
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Remarks before the Friends of Europe Roundtable on New Transatlantic Trends in Competition Policy, Brussels, Belgium, June 10, 2010
• Commissioner William E. Kovacic, The Enduring Significance of Poland's Antimonopoly Law, Office of Competition and Consumer Protection of Poland, Warsaw, Poland, May 27, 2010
• John J. Parisi, Enforcement Cooperation Among Antitrust Authorities (August 2010)
• Marian Bruno, Prepared Remarks for Russian Competition Day, Suzdal, Russian Federation, June 8, 2010
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, The Path You Need Not Travel: Observations on Why Canada Can Do Without Section 5, Canadian Competition Forum, Toronto, February 4, 2010

2009

• Alden F. Abbott, Competition Policy and Its Convergence as Key Drivers of Economic Development (2009)
• Alden Abbott, The IP-Antitrust Balance: A U.S. Government Perspective, International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights, Rome, Italy, December 3, 2009
• Alden Abbott, Competition Law Reform:  A U.S. FTC Perspective, International Conference on Competition Law, Delhi, India, November 6, 2009
• Elizabeth Kraus, Extraterritoriality & Antitrust: A Perspective on the U.S. Experience, remarks before the International Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain, October 5, 2009.
• Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Federal Trade Commission Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws, 36th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy of the Fordham Competition Law Institute at Fordham Law School, September 24, 2009
• Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Introduction of Philip Lowe and Announcement of Joint FTC/DOJ Project to Modernize the Horizontal Merger Guidelines, Third Annual Georgetown Law Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, September 22, 2009
• Russell W. Damtoft, The Relationship Between Competition Policy and Industrial Policy:  The Historical Experience of the United States, UNCTAD Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Competition Law and Policy, Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2009
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Observations on Evidentiary Issues in Antitrust Cases, Remarks Before the EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop, Florence, Italy, June 19, 2009.
• Commissioner William E. Kovacic, The Future of U.S. Competition Policy at Home and Abroad, Competition Law Association, London, England, March 23, 2009
• Commissioner William E. Kovacic, Competition Policy in the EU and the US: Convergence or Divergence?, FIDE, Madrid, Spain, February 17, 2009

2008

• Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Some Views on the European Microsoft Case, McGill University Faculty Law Symposium, Montreal, Canada, October 29, 2008
• Dina Kallay, China’s New Anti-Monopoly Law: An International Antitrust Convergence Perspective, Remarks delivered at Melbourne Law School’s “Unleashing the Tiger? Competition Law in China and Hong Kong” Conference, Melbourne, Australia, October 4, 2008
• Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Striking a Balance? Some Reflections on Private Enforcement in Europe and the United States, before the International Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting, New York City, September 24, 2008
• Dina Kallay, Reflections on China’s New Anti-Monopoly Law, Remarks before the IBA/SVK “Europe and the Globalisation of Antitrust” Conference, Berlin, Germany, June 30, 2008
• Chairman William E. Kovacic, Competition Policy in the European Union and the United States: Convergence or Divergence?, before Bates White Fifth Annual Antitrust Conference, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008
• Alden Abbott, The European Framework for Electronic Communications: A U.S. FTC Perspective, Bonn, Germany, April 24, 2008
• Randolph W. Tritell, Assessment of Dominance/Substantial Market Power, Unilateral Conduct Working Group, International Competition Network, Kyoto, Japan, April 14, 2008 (with slides)
• Chairman William E. Kovacic, Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, Washington, D.C., April 7, 2008
• General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, Looking Towards Implementation of China's Anti-Monopoly Law, New York, April 4, 2008
• General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, The ICN Recommended Practices for Merger Process: Why They Matter, International Competition Network, Brno, Czech Republic, March 18, 2008

2007

• Dina Kallay, Merger Enforcement: Procedural and Substantive Review Reflections and the Importance of International Cooperation, Remarks before the State Administration for Industry and Commerce International Symposium on Enforcement of the Antimonopoly Law, Beijing, China, December 13, 2007
• Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, The Challenge of Non-Horizontal Merger Enforcement, at the Fordham Competition Law Institute’s 34th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law & Policy, New York City, September 27-28, 2007
• Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, I say Monopoly, You say Dominance: The Continuing Divide on the Treatment of Dominant Firms, is it the Economics? Presented at the International Bar Association, Antitrust Section Conference, Florence, Italy, September 8, 2007
• General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, Addressing Dominance under China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, Beijing, China, July 21, 2007
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Defending Competition Principles on a Global Basis, July 17, 2007
• General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, China’s Anti-Monopoly Law, Alexandria, Virginia, July 11, 2007
• Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Has The Pendulum Swung Too Far? Some Reflections on U.S. and EC Jurisprudence, Based on remarks presented at the Bates White Fourth Annual Antitrust Conference, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2007
• General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, Discussant Comments on Exploitative Abuses under Article 82 EC, Twelfth Annual Competition Law and Policy Workshop, Florence, Italy, June 9, 2007
• Randolph W. Tritell, Objectives of Unilateral Conduct, Unilateral Conduct Working Group, International Competition Network, Moscow, Russian Federation, May 30, 2007
• Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, The Three Cs: Convergence, Comity, and Coordination, Remarks before the St. Gallen International Competition Law Forum, St. Gallen University, St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 10-11, 2007
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, The Rule of Law in Chicago and Around the Globe, Jones Day Chicago Office 20th Anniversary Celebration, Chicago, Ill., May 2, 2007
• General Counsel William Blumenthal, Government Policy for Fostering Innovation, Delivered before the Global Forum on Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Innovation organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Beijing, China, March 28, 2007
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, National Champions: I Don’t Even Think it Sounds Good, 13th International Conference on Competition/14th European Competition Day, Munich, Germany, March 26, 2007
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Opening Remarks, FTC/DOJ Workshop: Charting the Future Course of International Technical Assistance, Washington, D.C., February 6, 2008

2006

• Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch, Competition Choke Points? Before the 2006 Global Forum, Paris France, November 9, 2006
• Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, Adoption of Trade Regulations in China, Scope and Effect: An American's View, Shanghai, China, October 20, 2006
• Maria Coppola Tineo, International Competition Network Update, September 2006
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, The Consumer Reigns: Using Section 2 to Ensure a ‘Competitive Kingdom’, June 20, 2006
• General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, The Relationship Between Competition Agencies and Other Units of Government, Hangzhou, China, May 19, 2006
• Alden Abbott, Competition Policy in Bilateral Trade Arrangements in the Context of Developing Country Economic Reform, Bali, Indonesia, June 15, 2006
• Commissioner Thomas Rosch, Reflections on the DG Competition Discussion Paper on the Application of Article 82 to Exclusionary Abuses, St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 11, 2006
• Randolph W. Tritell, Remarks, Fifth Annual ICN Conference, May 3, 2006 (with slides)
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Promoting a Culture of Competition, Beijing, China, Apr. 10, 2006
• Randolph W. Tritell, International Antitrust Issues, Statement Before Antitrust Modernization Commission, Feb. 15, 2006
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Remarks to Mexican Judicial Training Seminar, February 1, 2006

2005

• Assistant General Counsel David Shonka, The Role of the Judiciary in Enforcing and Legitimizing Competition Law and Policy, December 12, 2005
• General Counsel William Blumenthal, The Status of Convergence on Transatlantic Merger Policy, October 27, 2005
• Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, Developments in Competition Law in the European Union and the United States: Harmony and Conflict, remarks at the New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section Fall Meeting 2005, Program 19, London, England, October 21, 2005
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, State Intervention: A State of Displaced Competition, Sept. 20, 2005
• Russell Damtoft, Introduction to Antitrust Review of the Americas, September 2005
• Bureau of Economcs Director Michael A. Salinger, Can Economics Bridge the Atlantic? Monopolization Under Section 2, Dominance Under Article 82, and Fouls in Football, George Mason University Fall 2005 Antitrust Symposium, Washington, D.C., September 20, 2005
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Comment on Proposed Consumer Trading and Standards Authority
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, The United States Federal Trade Commission Promotes Better Markets and Better Choices: A Look At Health Care and Financial Services, September 15, 2005
• Alden F. Abbott, Assistant Director for Policy and Coordination, The Harmonization of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy: A Unified Approach to Economic Progress, before the APEC High Level Symposium on IPR, September 8, 2005
• Randolph W. Tritell, International Antitrust Convergence: A Positive View, Summer 2005
• Elizabeth F. Kraus and Maria B. Coppola, International Competition Network--Update, Summer 2005
• Deirdre Shanahan, Bureau of Competition, The Development of Antitrust in China, Korea and Japan, before International Competition Law: Real World Issues and Strategies for Success, Montreal, Canada, June 16-17, 2005
• Maria Coppola, Bureau of Competition, Implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification Procedures, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Fourth Annual Conference, Bonn, Germany, June 8, 2005
• General Counsel William E. Blumenthal, Presentation to the International Symposium on the Draft Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, China, May 23-24, 2005
• General Counsel William Blumenthal, Recent Developments in the Merger Review Process in the United States and the International Competition Network. This is the written version of remarks delivered before the International Bar Association and Japanese Federation of Bar Associations, Conference on International Competition Enforcement, in Tokyo on April 20, 2005
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, U.S. Antitrust Practice - How does it affect European business? before the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, Brussels, Belgium, April 7, 2005
• Randolph W. Tritell and Elizabeth F. Kraus, The Federal Trade Commission’s International Antitrust Program, American Bar Association Spring Meeting, Washington DC, April 1, 2005
• Former Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, Promoting International Convergence: Spring Training for Antitrust Professionals, Final Keynote at ABA International Forum, Miami, Florida, January 25, 2005
• Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, The Use of Economics in Merger Analysis, at The IBC Conference: The Use of Economics in Competition Law, at the Renaissance Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, January 27, 2005

2004

• John J. Parisi, A Simple Guide to the EU Merger Regulation, 2004 (updated to January 1, 2010)
• Elizabeth F. Kraus & Maria B. Coppola, “The International Competition Network: A Virtual Reality,” Summer 2004
• Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, "Effects-Based Analysis: Mergers and Vertical Restraints," before the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Third Annual Merger Control Conference, London House, Mecklenburgh Square, London, UK, December 6, 2004
• Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, Antitrust Enforcement R&D: Mergers and Vertical Restraints, at Kings College, London, UK, December 3, 2004
• Russell Damtoft, Bureau of Competition, When Firms Ask the State to Squelch Competition: the Role of Advocacy, Santiago, Chile, October 29, 2004
• Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, Economics and Antitrust Policy As the Keynote Speaker at The European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) 2004 Annual Meeting at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany, September 2, 2004
• Timothy T. Hughes, Designing Technical Assistance For Different Stages of Institution Building, Remarks before the 4th APEC Training Program On Competition Policy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, August 3-6, 2004
• Former Commissioner Thomas B. Leary, The Economic Roots of Antitrust, An Outline, International Seminar on Antitrust Law and Economic Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Law in Beijing, China, July 1, 2004
• Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Monitoring and Implementation of the Recommended Practices for Merger Notification Procedures, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 22, 2004
• Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Opening Presentation, Slides, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Third Annual Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 21, 2004
• Former General Counsel William E. Kovacic, Achieving Better Practices in the Design of Competition Policy Institutions, Remarks before the Seoul Competition Forum 2004, Seoul, Republic of Korea, April 20, 2004

2003

• Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Opening Remarks, Presentation, Closing Remarks, Merger and Notifications Procedure Subgroup, International Competition Network Second Annual Conference, Merida, Mexico, June 24, 2003
• Russell W. Damtoft, Bureau of Competition, Lessons Learned in the Delivery of Technical Assistance: The United States Experience, International Competition Network Second Annual Conference, Merida, Mexico, June 23, 2003
• Former General Counsel William E. Kovacic, Private Participation in the Enforcement of Public Competition Laws, British Institution of International & Comparative Law, Third Annual Conference on International and Comparative Competition Law: The Transatlantic Antitrust Dialogue, London, May 15, 2003
• Former General Counsel William E. Kovacic, Extraterritoriality, Institutions, and Convergence in International Competition Policy, A Paper Based Upon A Presentation Given At The Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., April 5, 2003

2002

• Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris, The Interface of Competition and Consumer Protection, Prepared Remarks at The Fordham Corporate Law Institute’s Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy, New York City, October 31, 2002 
• Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris, Creating a Culture of Competition:The Essential Role of Competition Advocacy, Prepared remarks before International Competition Network, Panel on Competition Advocacy and Antitrust Authorities, Naples, Italy, September 28, 2002
• Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris, Competition Agencies in a Market-Based Global Economy, Prepared Remarks At The Annual Lecture of the European Foreign Affairs Review, Brussels, Belgium, July 23, 2002
• Former Bureau of Economics Director Luke Froeb, Economics in Antitrust: A U.S Perspective, at a panel discussion, "The View From Brussels and Washington," at the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, Economics of Competition Policy Summit, Stanhope Hotel, Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2002
• Commissioner Thomas B. Leary, The Essential Stability of Merger Policy in the United States, Prepared remarks before Guidelines for Merger Remedies: Prospects and Principles, Joint U.S./E.U. Conference, Sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, Paris, France; published in 70 Antitrust L.J. 105 (2002)

2001

• Former Chairman Timothy J. Muris, Merger Enforcement in a World of Multiple Arbiters, before Brookings Institution, Roundtable on Trade and Investment Policy, Washington, D.C., December 21, 2001
• Commissioner Thomas B. Leary, A Comment on Merger Enforcement in the United States and in the European Union, Prepared remarks before the Transatlantic Business Dialogue Principals Meeting, Washington, DC, October 11, 2001
• Randolph W. Tritell, “Is A Multilateral Framework Necessary?”, before WTO Regional Workshop on Competition Policy, Economic Development and the Multilateral Trading System: Overview of the Issues and Options for the Future, February 2001

Earlier

• John J. Parisi, Bureau of Competition, Enforcement Cooperation Among Antitrust Authorities, before the IBC UK Conferences Sixth Annual London Conference on EC Competition Law, London, England, 19 May 1999 (Updated October 2000)
• Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, Regulatory Harmonization: 21st Century Challenges for Competition and Antitrust in the Transatlantic Area
• Randolph W. Tritell, Assistant Director for International Antitrust, International Aspects of United States Merger Review Policy