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BRICS countries will create a barrier-free regulatory regime for biosimilars

Experts of the BRICS Working Group on Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets call for the removal of barriers to the regulation of the turnover of biological drugs and biosimilars in the BRICS+ countries

The HSE University BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre (www.BRICSCompetition.org) has summarised the first results of its annual analytical study on bringing biotechnological drugs to the BRICS market. One of the conclusions of the report was the need to conduct a large-scale sectoral study on the removal of barriers in…

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BRICS antitrust authorities turned against Covantis

BRICS Competitive Agencies are set to develop a new approach on food markets regulation; One of the largest global blockchain platforms on commodities, Covantis, may be the first to fall under restrictions

At the 3rd BRICS + (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, Arab Emirates, Ethiopia + partners) Digital Competition Forum, the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre (www.BRICSCompetition.org) presented a new methodological approach to analyzing and regulating food markets that takes into account their accelerating digitalization. Specific tools that…

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Russia and China are actively increasing the pace of cooperation in the fight against global monopolies

The past meetings and the signing of the treaty, as the parties agree, testify to the active development of cooperation between the two countries in the field of competition law

The BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre (www.BRICSCompetition.org) together with partners from China will develop the BRICS commodities exchange system. The document was signed on the margins of the 2024 National Fair Competition Conference of China. As quoted in the report presented at the Forum, “the BRICS Competition Law and Policy…

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Meeting of BRICS Coordination Committee on Antimonopoly Policy Marks New Stage of Collaboration Among Member Countries

The meeting focused on the widening of BRICS and the procedure for new member countries to join the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Competition Law and Policy

The meeting of the BRICS Coordination Committee on Antimonopoly Policy, held under the auspices of the Russian Chairmanship, took place on July 2, 2024 in Geneva. The event brought together the heads of the BRICS competition authorities, including Brazil, India, China, Russia, South Africa as well as the new members…

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BRICS gathered in Geneva to discuss a new digital order

Experts and antitrust officials met in Geneva to propose solutions to the challenges faced by antitrust authorities in the digital markets of the BRICS countries to find common ground between them, especially in the area of regulation of digital platforms and AI

The UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Webinar on Competition law and policy approaches towards digital platforms and ecosystems in cooperation with the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre (https://www.BRICSCompetition.org/) and the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) was held on June 3, in Geneva, Switzerland. The digitalization of the…

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Kazakhstan is championing climate-smart farming – Report says

IIASA, BRICS Competition Law and Policy Center and TALAP Center for Applied Research has presented the results of their joint report on carbon farming and its prospective implications for Kazakstan

IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) alongside the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre (www.BRICSCompetition.org) and the TALAP Center for Applied Research have presented the results of their joint research in the Central Asia Pavilion at COP28 in Dubai. Michael Obersteiner, Director of the Environmental Change Institute at the…

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Russia and South Africa join Forces to Tackle International Monopolies for the Sake of Food Security, Information Security, and Equal Access to Technologies

The two nations believe that it is important to work together to ensure that these monopolies do not harm their economies or their citizens

The SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL COMPETITION LAW, ECONOMICS & POLICY CONFERENCE took place on 28 and 29 September in Johannesburg, and it announced that Russia and South Africa will be promoting joint initiatives to control international monopolies for the sake of food security, information security, and equal access to technologies for BRICS…

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Control over Meta and Google, ensuring food security and technological transfer - the results of the meeting of antimonopoly agencies at the Russia-Africa summit

Modern global monopolies can only be countered by the same global antitrust initiatives, which can only be realized in the interstate format, which is currently represented by BRICS+

On July 28, on the margins of the second Russia-Africa summit, a meeting of the expert panel of antimonopoly agencies "Combating Anticompetitive Practices of Large Transnational Corporations, Suppressing Cross-border Cartels and International Cooperation" was held. The panel participants, including heads of antitrust agencies of African countries, discussed a number of…