Antitrust Cooperation Agreements
Multilateral
Multilateral Mutual Assistance and Cooperation Framework for Competition Authorities (September 2020)
ICN Framework on Competition Agency Procedures (May 2019)
Bilateral
- U.S. - Australia Cooperation Agreement (June 1982)
- U.S. - Australian Mutual Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Agreement and Annex (April 1999)
Brazil
Secretariat for Economic Law, Ministry of Justice
Secretariat for Economic Monitoring, Ministry of Finance
- U.S. - Brazil Cooperation Agreement (October 1999)
- Canada - U.S. Merger Working Group - Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations (March 2014)
- U.S. - Canada Agreement on the Application of Positive Comity Principles to the Enforcement of their Competition Laws (October 2004)
- U.S. - Canada Cooperation Agreement (August 1995)
U.S. - Chile Cooperation Agreement (March 31, 2011)
China
State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) (Chinese only)
Ministry of Commerce, Anti-Monopoly Bureau
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Antitrust and Antimonopoly Cooperation (July 27, 2011)
English Signed MOU (PDF) | Unsigned MOU (PDF)
Chinese Signed MOU (PDF) | Unsigned MOU (PDF)
Guidance for Case Cooperation Between the Ministry of Commerce and the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on Concentration of Undertakings (Merger) Cases (November 29, 2011)
DOJ and FTC Cooperation Agreement with Colombian Antitrust Agency (September 16, 2014)
European Union
European Commission, Competition Directorate General
US-EU Merger Working Group: Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations (October 14, 2011)
FAQs on the US-EU Merger Working Group's Best Practices on Cooperation in Merger Investigations
U.S. - Commission of the European Communities Cooperation Agreement June 1998)
U.S. - Commission of the European Communities Cooperation Agreement (September 1991)
U.S. - Germany Cooperation Agreement (June 1976)
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Antitrust Cooperation (September 27, 2012)
English Signed MOU (PDF) | Unsigned MOU (PDF)
Hindi Signed MOU (PDF) | Unsigned MOU (PDF)
U.S. - Israel Cooperation Agreement (March 1999)
U.S. - Japan Cooperation Agreement (October 1999)
Memorandum of Understanding on Criminal Cartel Enforcement Cooperation Between the United States Department of Justice and The Korean Prosecution Service (November 18, 2020)
English Signed MOU (PDF) | Unsigned MOU (PDF)
Korean Signed MOU (PDF) | Unsigned MOU (PDF)
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Antitrust Cooperation (September 8, 2015)
English PDF | Korean PDF
Mexico
Comisión Federal de Competencia
U.S - Mexico Cooperation Agreement (July 12, 2000)
Peru
The National Institute for the Defense of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (ENDECOPI)
English PDF | Spanish PDF (May 26, 2016)
Russia
Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Antitrust Cooperation (November 10, 2009)