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Strategic Business Plan 2021-2025
This Strategic Plan covers the FTC’s core activities, such as those relating to receiving and investigating complaints, executing competition advocacy initiatives, carrying out market studies, and public education activities. The FTC has set three primary objectives for the medium term. Firstly, improving consumer welfare and facilitating growth in the business environment through focused enforcement of […]
Read MoreFTC presents Merger Assessment Guidelines at JAMBARCLE’s Business Continuity Webinar Series
On February 25, 2021, Ms. Venessa Hall, Legal Officer and Mr. Desroy Reid, Competition Analyst at the FTC presented at the Jamaican Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education (JAMBARCLE) Business Continuity Webinar Series. Ms. Hall and Mr. Reid presented on the FTC’s draft “Merger Assessment Guidelines” and described the need for Merger Guidelines, the aim of […]
Read MoreFTC to present at JAMBARCLE’s Business Continuity Webinar Series
On February 25, 2021, Ms. Venessa Hall, Legal Officer and Mr. Desroy Reid, Competition Analyst, will be presenting on the topic “Merger Assessment Guidelines” at the Jamaican Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education (JAMBARCLE) Business Continuity Webinar Series. The FTC reviews mergers in Jamaica to ensure that they do not substantially lessen competition and lead to […]
Read MoreFTCNewsLine – January 2021
FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue we feature matters arising during the period October 1 through December 31, 2020. FTCNewsLine – January 2021
Read MoreFTC provides opinion to distributor
In November 2020, the FTC provided an opinion to Celebration Brands Limited on the advertising of free delivery services. The FTC advised that where it is advertised that delivery is free, there ought to be no additional delivery fees attached at the end of the transaction; otherwise, the advertisement may contravene section 37(1)(a) of the […]
Read More18th Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture
The FTC hosted the 18th Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture in November 2020 under the theme “Protecting Competitive Markets and Consumer Welfare during and Post COVID-19 Pandemic.” By way of a panel discussion, the lecture highlighted the range of measures implemented by competition authorities in response to the perceived threat posed by the pandemic. It also […]
Read MoreMinister of State visits FTC
On December 7, 2020, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry Investment & Commerce, Hon. Dr. Norman Dunn, paid a courtesy call on the Staff of the FTC, to tour the FTC’s new office and to discuss several strategic priority areas. The management team headed by David Miller, Executive Director, described several of […]
Read MoreFTC Staff attends annual ICN Conference
The Technical Staff of the Fair Trading Commission attended the annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference that was held virtually during September 14 – 17, 2020. The Conference had six sessions (i) Advocacy working group; (ii) Agency effectiveness working group; (iii) Merger working group; (iv) Unilateral conduct working group; (v) Cartel working group; and (vi) […]
Read MoreFTCNewsLine – October 2020
FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 05-20 we feature matters related to the period July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020. FTCNewsLine – October 2020
Read MoreFTC participates in Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce forum
Miss Michelle Phillips, Legal Officer at the FTC participated in an online forum organized by the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce on September 22, 2020. The forum was titled ‘Fair Trade 101: T&T Competition Policy Explained’, with the objective to inform the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce on the operationalization of […]
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