UNCTAD’s new Competition Policy and Consumer Protection Newsletter, Issue 1 (February 2010) is available here. The newsletter includes information about preparations on the way for the UN Sixth Review Conference, a brief review of UNCTAD’s recent and future activities, and links to papers from the 2009 IGE.

Last week the OECD hosted the 9th Global Forum, with roundtables on competition/state aids/subsidies and collusion/corruption in public procurement. For information on these roundtables, click here. Information on past Global Forum sessions is also available.