International trade and econimic policy issues

Statement by the representative of the Russian Federation at the briefing “EAEU sustainable development and its experience in SDG implementation at subregional level”   (Geneva, 2 March 2018)

Statement by the representative of the Russian Federation at the briefing “EAEU sustainable development and its experience in SDG implementation at subregional level” (Geneva, 2 March 2018)

Dear Colleagues,
I would like to thank the distinguished representatives of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) for convening this important event on the margins of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development.
31 октября / 2017

UNCTAD forms a Discussion Group on international cooperation between competition authorities

14-07-2017 | 15:45
The Group is a response to FAS initiative on drafting an international Toolkit to counter restrictive business practices of large corporations and cross-border violations of competition
The 16th session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on competition law and policy(IGE) UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) ended on 7 July 2017 in Geneva (Switzerland). A decision was made to UNCTAD Discussion Group on international cooperation between competition authorities to reinforce Section F of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices (UN Competition Set).
The Discussion Group is a response to FAS initiative on drafting an international Toolkit to counter restrictive business practices of large corporations and cross-border violations of competition. The draft Toolkit was presented by Head of FAS Igor Artemiev at IGE UNCTAD session on international cooperation on 6 July 2017. The initiative was supported by delegations representing a lot of countries.
31 октября / 2017

FAS and UNCTAD are devising the procedure for work of the Discussion Group on countering restrictive business practices of transnational corporations

Russian antimonopoly body and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will hold discussions of the Toolkit with competition authorities from different countries around the world
On 20 September 2017, Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service Igor Artemiev and Head of UNCTAD’s Competition Policy and Consumer Protection Branch, Teresa Moreiraheld talks during the Competition Week in Russia organized in Veliky Novgorod.
With active backing by UNCTAD Secretariat, the FAS initiative to draft the Toolkit for international cooperation between competition authorities to counter restrictive business practices of transnational corporations and violations of the competition rules was supported at the 16th session of UNCTAD Intergovernmental Group of Experts on law and policy in Geneva.

Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the International Trade Centre (ITC)

On 25 July 2013 A.Likhachev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, signed the Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the International Trade Centre (ITC). The memorandum was signed earlier on 24 July in Geneva by ITC Acting Executive Director J.-M.Paugam.
26 февраля / 2013

Presentation of the Minister for Trade of Eurasian Economic Commission at the WTO

Andrey Slepnev makes presentation of the Eurasian Economic Commission to the WTO experts from across the globe