UNCTAD - Geneva: Competition authorities’ representatives agree on a major role for competition agencies in developing countries in an economic crisis environment and to devote more attention to industries concerned by industrial policies, concession operated sectors and subsidized industries

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. The 10th session of UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Competition was held in Geneva from 7 to 9 July. This meeting of member competition experts representing developed and developing country members of the United Nations was chaired by the President of the Chilean competition authority. One of the objectives of the IGE was to prepare the agenda for the Sixth (since 1980) UNCTAD Ministerial Review Conference on Competition Rules to be held in November 2010 in Chile. As in previous years, the IGE dealt with a range of topics considered topical by member countries. The nature of these themes was particularly acute in the light of the