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NOT FOR RELEASE -- FOR YOUR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY AT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1997 (202) 616-2771 TDD (202) 514-1888



RENO, KLEIN TO UNVEIL NEW COMMITTEE TO ATTACK ANTICOMPETITIVE INTERNATIONAL CARTELS


WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday Attorney General Janet Reno and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Joel I. Klein will announce the formation of the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee. This group will make important new recommendations on how the United States can best work with foreign nations and regional organizations to attack anticompetitive international cartels.

Also in attendance will be Committee Co-chairs James F. Rill and Paula Stern, as well as Executive Director Merit E. Janow.

WHEN: Monday, November 24, 1997, 12:00pm

WHERE: U.S. Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Antitrust Division Conference Room, Room 3107

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