1. The APEC PFP (Partners for Progress) Seminar on Competition Policy was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 18 to 21 March 1997 with the participation of senior officials of agencies responsible for competition policy in APEC member economies and experts on competition policy from member economies and international organizations. This marked the first of five seminars/training courses to be held from JFY 1996-2000 (one per year) under the program endorsed at the Senior Officials Meeting held in Davao City, Philippines in August 1996. (*Japanese Fiscal Year. April �� March)
   
2. The seminar was attended by representatives from the following APEC member economies: Australia, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Japan,

the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea,

the Republic of the Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and

the United States of America.

Experts from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) participated as guest speakers.

3. The seminar was chaired by Lt. Suchai Jaovisidha, Director General, Department of Internal Trade, Thailand, and Mr. Phisit Setthawong, Inspector-General, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand (18 March), and Mr. Mark Steel, Manager, Business Policy Division, Ministry of Commerce, New Zealand (19-20 March).
   
4. As for seminar proceedings, lectures on the following themes were delivered, followed by question and answer sessions.

• Economic and legal theory of competition policies/laws
• Objectives, role and operation of competition policies/laws
• Competition policies/laws from business view point
• International development of competition policies/laws �� Economic globalization and competition policies/laws
• International development of competition policies/law �� Discussion in international fora.
• On the third day of the seminar, representatives of developing member economies made presentations on the current state of and future prospects on competition policy/law in their respective economies. The agenda of the seminar is attached as Attachment 1.

5. In the evaluation session, the participants of the seminar confirmed the usefulness of this training program in contributing to the promotion of mutual understanding, and development of human resources, in the field of competition policy/law.

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Day 1 (18 March 1997 / Chair : Lt. Suchai Jaovisidha / Phisit Setthawong)

Time	Course Content
��	Opening ceremony
09:00-09:10	Mr. Kavee Rauvruen, Deputy Director- General, Department of Internal Trade, Thailand
09:10-09:20	Mr. Chalermphol Sanitwongchai, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand
09:20-09:30	H. E. Mr. Hiroshi Ota, Japanese Ambassador to Thailand
09:30-09:40	Group Photo
09:40-10:00	Coffee Break
��	Introduction
10:00-10:10	Mr. Suchai Jaovisidha, Director-General, Department of Internal Trade, Thailand
10:10-10:20	Ms. Masayo Olarma Chief Administrative Law Judge, Fair Trade Commission, Japan
10:20-10:30	Mr. Mark Steel, Manager, Business Policy Division, Ministry of Commerce, New Zealand
��	Economic and legal theory of competition policies/lows
10:30-11:15	Dr. Mitsuo Matsushita, Professor, Faculty of Law, Seikei University, Japan / Member of the Appealate Body, WTO
11:15-12:00	Ms. Rhonda Smith, Commissioner, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Australia
12:00-13:30	Lunch
��	Objectives, role and operation of competition policies/lows
13:30-14:10	Mr. David Round, Member, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission / Associate Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia
14:10-14:50	Ms. Vicky Robertson, Advisor, Business Policy Division, Ministry of Commerce, New Zealand
14:50-15:00	Coffee break
15:00-15:40	Mr. David Turctsky, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, the United States of America
15:40-16:20	Mr. Hsien Tsuo Lee, Director-General, Legal Department, Fair Trade Commission, Chinese Taipei
16:20-17:00	Mr. Hideaki Kobayashi, Deputy Secretary-General, Fair Trade Commission, Japan
17:00-17:30	Discussion, Q&A
19:00-20:30	Welcome Party

Day 2 (19 March 1997/Chair:Mr.Mark Steel)

��	International development of competition policy Economic globalization and competition policies/laws
10:00-1045	Mr. Toshiaki Takigawn, Professor of Economic Law, Faculty of Economics, Toyama University, Japan
10:45-11:30	Mr. �-Chong Nam, Fellow, Korea Development Institute, the Republic of Korea
11:30-12:00	Mr. Hideto Ishida, Lawyer / Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Japan
12:00-13:30	Lunch
��	Competition law/policy from business viewpoint
13:30-14:15	Mr. Robert Seollay, Director, APEC Study Centre, University of Auckland, New Zealand
14:15-15:00	Mr. Kazumasa Abe, General Manager, Intellectual Property Division, Nippon Steel Corp., Japan
15:00-15:15	Coffee break
��	International development of competition policy / Discussion In International fora
15:15-16:00	Mr. Walter T. Winslow, Administrator, Competition and Consumer Policy Division, OECD
16:00-16:45	Mr. Philippe Brusick, Chief, Competition Law and Policy and Consumer Protection Section, Division on International Trade and Service and Commodities, UNCTAD
16:45-17:30	Discussion Q&A

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Day 3 (2 0 March 1997 / Chair : Mr. Mark Steel )

Time	Course Content
��	International development of competition policy Development of member economies competition policies/laws (Presentations by participants)
09:00-09:30	Mr. Seok Kyoo Rim, Deputy Director General, Competition Bureau, Fair Trade Commission, Republic of Korea
09:30-10:00	Mr. Ming Yen Tseng, Deputy Director, Planning Department, Fair Trade Commission, Chinese Taipei
10:00-10:30	Mr. Sanchez Gonzalez Alvaro Ruben, General Director of Mergers, Federal Competition Commission, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Mexico
10:30-10:45	Coffee break
10:45-11:15	Mr. Zang Yuqing, Deputy Director General, Department of Treaties and Laws, MOFTEC, The People's Republic of China
11:15-11;45	Mr. Songklod Ubolsing, Senior Expert on Anti-Monopoly Law, Department of Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Thailand
11:45-12:15	Ms. Zainah Mohamed, Director, Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Malaysia
12:15-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:00	Dr. Peter Mahmud, Deputy Assistant Minister for Science and Technology, Indonesia
14:00-14:30	Mr. Epictetus Patalinhug, Commissioner, Tariff Commission, Republic of the Philippines
14:30-15:00	Mr. Guillermo Patullo, Commissioner, Antitrust Resolutely Commission, National Prosecutor's Office, Ministry of Economies, Chile
15:00-15:30	Ms. Tse Man-yee Elizabeth, Principal Assistant Secretary, Trade and Industry Branch, Hong Kong
15:30-15:45	Coffee break
15:45-16:15	Singapore Papua New Guinea
16:15-16:45
16:45-17:30	Evaluation session

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Day 4 (21 March 1997)

��	Closing ceremony
11:30-11:40	Mr. Suchai Jaovisidha, Director-General, Department of Internal Trade, Thailand
11:40-11:50	Ms. Masayo Okuma, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Fair Trade Commission, Japan
11:50-12:00	Ms. Yushi Saito, Deputy Resident Representative, JICA Thailand Office, Japan
12:00-12:10	Mrs. Mark steel, Manager, Business Policy Division, Ministry of Commerce, New Zealand
12:10-14:00	Farewell Party (Lunch)

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Attachment 2

APEC PFP Training Program on Competition Policy

For Middle-Management Administrative Officials

(JFY 1997 �� JFY 2000)

(Tentative curriculum)

1. Duration:

10 days

2. VENUE & LOCATION:

Thailand

3. TARGET, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:

The course would be held primarily for middle-management administrative officials of agencies responsible for or related to competition policy in member economies.

Approximately three (3) persons per developing member economy may participate. If requested, the participation of more than three would be considered depending on over ally capacity.

4. TENTATIVE CURRICULUM

1. Regulation of cartels
2. Regulation of vertical trade restraint
3. Regulation of mergers
4. Consumer Protection
5. Natural monopoly
6. Remedies and sanctions against violations / Methodology of Investigation

• International development of competition policy

1. Economic globalization and competition policies / laws
2. Discussion in international fora

• Presentation by participants

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5. Language
   

The Course will be conducted in English.

6. ALLOWANCE AND EXPENSES

The Government of Japan will provide lodging, daily allowance and boarding expenses (economy class air fare) for the participants and lecturers from APEC member economies which are classified in Part I of the DAC List of Aid Recipients. However, economies progressing to Part � of the DAC List of Aid Recipients in 1996 and 1997 are requested to bear their own traveling expenses.