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Global: United Nations looks to competition policy for sustainable growth

By  |  July 28, 2014

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held its latest meeting earlier this month to discuss how competition policy could support sustainable development in emerging economies.

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    The UNCTAD posed on its Website an overview of the event, held in Geneva. The gathering allowed officials from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the World Trade Organization to discuss how competition laws could enable a competitive business environment.

    Antitrust laws, the officials said, promote long-term economic growth, which is directly correlated to sustainable development.

    Along with competition law, intellectual property law and other legal factors all intertwine to promote economic development, the event-goers concluded.

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