Mexico: Officials meet in Mexico City to discuss antitrust enforcement

The heads of the antitrust agencies of the United States, Canada and Mexico met today in Mexico City to discuss their ongoing work to ensure effective antitrust enforcement cooperation in their increasingly interconnected markets.

The meetings were held among Chairwoman Edith Ramirez of the Federal Trade Commission, Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Canadian Commissioner of Competition John Pecman and President Alejandra Palacios Prieto of the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission.

“These meetings are an important element in building and maintaining the strong relationships that help us meet enforcement and policy challenges in all three countries,” says Chairwoman Ramirez. “The need to cooperate across our borders increases every year, and we are working together to meet that challenge. We value our close relationships with our antitrust partners north and south of the border,” said Assistant Attorney General Baer. “Our shared enforcement interests and tradition of cooperating when investigating mergers and cartels ensure that North American market remain competitive. These annual ‘trilateral’ meetings give us a chance to review and improve our enforcement cooperation and to engage in policy dialogue on emerging topics of common interest.”

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