Competition Committee

competition
John-Taladay

Chair

John Taladay

Baker Botts LLP

(United States)

EB

Secretariat Lead

Emma Brierley

Policy Manager

Vice-Chair

Michael Koch

Goodmans LLP

(Canada)

Vice-Chair

Paul Lugard

Baker Botts LLP

(Netherlands)

Vice-Chair

Munesh Mahtani

Via

(United Kingdom)

Vice-Chair

Jesus Alvarado Rivera

Microsoft

(United States)

Vice-Chair

Katerina Soteri

American Express

(United Kingdom)

Vice-Chair

Volker Stapper

Deutsche Telekom

(Germany)

Vice-Chair

Fevzi Toksoy

ACTECON

(Turkey)

  • 01.

    Why OECD Work on Competition Policy Matters

    Well-designed competition law, effective enforcement and competition-based economic reform promote consumer welfare and economic growth while making markets more flexible and innovative. The OECD actively encourages governments to tackle anti-competitive practices and fosters market-oriented reform throughout the world. OECD analysis on competition considers and disseminates best–practice based on expert dialogue in the OECD Competition Committee, as well as through activities supported by OECD regional centers addressing competition policy.

  • 03.

    How Business Engages with the OECD on Competition Policy

    Our Competition Committee informs OECD discussions on competition policy and encourages senior regulators and antitrust enforcers to act consistently and proportionately in accordance with due process and best practice, with respect to the objectives of effective enforcement of competition laws. Its primary objective is maintenance of business competitiveness and the efficient operation of markets with a minimum necessary level of regulatory intervention across all sectors.
  • 02.

    Our 2025 Priorities

    • Foster a strong partnership with the OECD and national competition authorities
    • Promote open markets and a free market economy enabled by competition
    • Provide private sector input on relevant OECD Competition workstreams
  • 04.

    Our Engagement with OECD Bodies

    • OECD Competition Committee
    • OECD Global Forum on Competition
    • OECD Working Party 2 on Competition and Regulation
    • OECD Working Party 3 on Co–operation and Enforcement

Publications

11 June 2025

Assessing Impact of Competition Authorities Activities

11 June 2025

Efficiencies in Merger Control

11 June 2025

Competition in Mobile Payments

11 June 2025

Corporate Influence in Competition Policymaking

25 November 2024

The Standard and Burden of Proof in Competition Law Cases

25 November 2024

Competition and Democracy

25 November 2024

Competition in the Food Supply Chain

25 November 2024

Use of Structural Presumptions in Antitrust Cases

25 November 2024

Cross-Border Mergers

13 June 2024

The Relationship between Competition and Privacy

12 June 2024

Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Competition

12 June 2024

Pro-Competitive Industrial Policy

11 June 2024

Monopolisation, Moat Building and Entrenchment Strategies

10 June 2024

Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations

8 December 2023

Ex Post Assessment of Merger Remedies

7 December 2023

Alternatives To Leniency Programs

6 December 2023

Serial Acquisitions and Industry Roll-Ups

6 December 2023

Out-of-Market Efficiencies in Competition Enforcement

5 December 2023

The Role of Innovation in Competition Enforcement

4 December 2023

Competition and Professional Sports

16 June 2023

Theories of Harm for Digital Mergers

15 June 2023

Competition in the Circular Economy

15 June 2023

Advantages and Disadvantages of Consumer Welfare Standards

14 June 2023

Algorithmic Competition

14 June 2023

Relationship Between Competition and Innovation

13 June 2023

The Future of Effective Leniency Programmes: Advancing Detection and Deterrence