AAI’s Moss Joins Panel at the OECD’s 2020 Global Forum on Competition

Name: AAI’s Moss Joins Panel at the OECD’s 2020 Global Forum on Competition
Start: 2020-12-07T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-12-07T23:59:59-05:00

December 07, 2020

Diana Moss joined panelists at the OECD’s 2020 Global Forum on Competition for a discussion on “Competition Policy: Time for a Reset?” The panel, moderated by Chair of the OECD Competition Committee, Frederic Jenny, was held on December 7, 2020. The panel description and speakers are below:

There is a lively debate about whether fundamental changes are needed to existing competition policy frameworks. Proposals include legislative changes to capture a wider range of potentially anticompetitive mergers and conduct, to accelerate competition enforcement actions, or to enable different evidentiary standards and remedies. Others are proposing that the fundamental objectives and focus of competition policy be broadened, to include the consideration of industrial policy, competitive neutrality in trade, inequality, resilience and sustainability. These proposals are taking on new urgency as governments seek to promote growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Critics of these proposals for fundamental change fear they will undermine the traditional focus of competition policy on consumers, and thus its effectiveness, suggesting that other regulators or policymakers may be better positioned to address these challenges.

Moderator:

Frédéric Jenny, Chairman, OECD Competition Committee

Speakers:

Bill Kovacic, Director, Competition Law Center, George Washington University
Diana Moss, President American Antitrust Institute
Damien Neven, Professor, Graduate Institute of Geneva
Hiroshi Ohashi, Professor of Economics, University of Tokyo
Thando Vilakazi, Executive Director, CCRED, University of Johannesburg
Christine Wilson, Commissioner, US Federal Trade Commission