Competition

Andean Community Competition Law Page includes links to primary documents, in Spanish

Antitrust Enforcement Guidelines for International Operations (FTC/DOJ)

European Merger Legislation

Final Report of the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (United States Department of Justice), issued February 2000, contains several chapters on multijurisdictional mergers.

Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Negotiating Group on Competition Policy

Global Competition Forum - Enforcement Agencies lists enforcement agencies by region, then by country.

Horizontal Merger Guidelines (FTC and USDOJ) Issued April 2, 1992; revised April 8, 1997.

Merger Enforcement Information (USDOJ)

Merger Review Laws, Related Materials, and Templates (International Competition Network, ICN)

Merger Review Laws

Model Law on Competition 2003 (UNCTAD)

National Competition Links: National Competition Authorities (UNCTAD) is a collection of links to competition authorities of 57 countries and the EU.

National Competition Legislation (UNCTAD) links to competition legislations of 15 countries.

Organization of American States (OAS) Competition Policy

Published in the Official Journal on Merger site lists information and notices on mergers published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Full text available online up to 45 days after publication.

Development

Fighting Bribery and Corruption (OECD)

United Nations Convention Against Corruption

U.S. Contributions to Trade Capacity Building (September 2003)

United States Government Initiatives to Build Trade-Related Capacity in Developing Countries and Transitional Countries (October 2001)

Finance

Documents Published by the European Central Bank

Exon-Florio Provision provides a mechanism to review and, if necessary, restrict FDI in the United States that threatens national security. This page provides an explanation of the provision from the Office of International Investment, Department of the Treasury.

Global Banking Law Database (GBLD) is a joint project of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The GBLD consists of a collection of English translations of commercial banking, central bank, and deposit insurance laws of 39 jurisdictions. The laws may be viewed in HTML and downloaded both MS Word and PDF (Adobe Acrobat) formats. The GBLD is organized by topic and by jurisdiction. The list of 35 topics is based on the Basel Core Principles. It is possible to view the laws of two jurisdictions side by side on the same screen.

Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 - Negotiable Instruments (US)

Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 - Bank Deposits and Collections (US)

Government

OECD Anti-Corruption Ring Online

Organization of American States Anti Corruption

Statute of the GRECO (Group of States Against Corruption)

GRECO Documents

U.S. Department of State - Fighting Corruption

U.S. Department of State - Bribery and Corruption

U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

World Bank Anti-Corruption Sector

Trade

Foreign Trade Statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau

WTO Trade Statistics

United States International Trade Commission

United States Trade Representative

Trade & Environment includes links to pages with U.S. statements and proposals on the environment, environmental reviews and reports, press releases, and agreements.