2023 Releases

• January

• •  FTC Media Release “High Food Prices: Consumers Benefit When Business Compete”.
  • FTC Media Release “Local Regulatory Co-operation in a world in VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity)” January 26th 2023
  • FTC to Host Third Annual Meeting of Key Regulators in Trinidad and Tobago – 26th January 2023.

2022 Releases

• October
  • FTC Hosts Virtual Stakeholder Meeting with Corporate Counsel in Trinidad and Tobago 
  • FTC to Host Virtual Meeting with Corporate Counsel in Trinidad and Tobago 
•  September
  • TTFTC Investigator participates in a work-study visit to the Barbados Fair Trading Commission (BFTC) and the CARICOM Secretariat, CARICOM Single Market and Economy Unit (CSME)
    
  • Staff of the Fair Trading Commission participates in Virtual Merger Workshop
  • Full testimonial from Mr. Zion Alexander about the Fair Trading Commission’s Legal Internship Programme from July 6^th to September 5^th, 2022
• August:
  • FTC advocacy efforts in promoting the benefits of competition at the Trade and Investment Convention 2022
  • FTC Media Release: FTC Virtual Meeting with the Tobago House of Assembly, Consumer Affairs Unit – August 04th 2022
•  July:
  • FTC hosts Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders in the Shipping, Maritime and other related sectors in Trinidad and Tobago.

• June:
  • FTC to Host Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders to Discuss Rising Prices including that of wheat flour.

• April:
  • FTC Media Release for the Virtual Meeting held with Stakeholders in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Industry: Are SMEs Being Blocked in the Market Place?
  • FTC to Host Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Industry in Trinidad and Tobago-April 28th 2022 
  • 2022 Public Statement of the Fair Trading Commission Freedom of Information Act 1999 Chapter 22:02 (FOIA)
• March:
  • Must Prices Increase? 
• January:
  • Whither Regulatory Agencies: Competition, Collaboration, and Commitment

2021 Releases

• December:
  • The TTFTC Cautions Deviant Businesses: Desist from Unfair Price Increases
  • Message from TTFTC Chairman, Dr. Ronald Ramkissoon for World Competition Day 2021
• October:
  • TTFTC Hosts Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders in the Food and Beverage Industry in Trinidad and Tobago – October 22nd 2021
• September:
  • TTFTC Announcement on the Merger Guidelines – September 29th 2021
  • TTFTC Essay Competition
• August:
  • TTFTC Hosts Virtual Meeting “Understanding the Merger Guidelines” – August 26 2021
  • TTFTC Hosts Virtual Meeting with Stakeholders in the Hardware Business – August 05 2021
• June:
  • TTFTC Hosts Virtual Meeting – A Guide to the Fair Trading Act Chap 81-13 and Essential Knowledge and Procedural Clarity in Competition Law for Counsel of Ministries and State-Owned Enterprises – June 10 2021
• May:
  • Fair Trading Commission hosts virtual dialogue on the Pharmacuetical Industry in Trinidad and Tobago – May 06 2021
  • Virtual Meeting with University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Students in the LL.M Elective, Competition Law in a Globalized Economy, May 01 2021
• April:
  • Virtual Meeting with Lower 6 CAPE Students, Queen’s Royal College, April 30, 2021
  • Virtual Meeting with Corporate Counsels in Trinidad and Tobago April 20 2021
• March:
  • Merger transaction involving Smith Robertson & Company Limited, Oscar Francois Limited and Intersol Limited, March 12, 2021
• January:
  • Publication of TTFTC Draft Merger Guidelines, January 20, 2021
  • TTFTC Hosts Virtual Meeting with Regulators of the Economy, January 15, 2021

2020 Releases

• World Competition Day, Honourable Minister of Trade and Industry, December 05, 2020
• World Competition Day, Commission Chairman, December 05, 2020
• Chairman presenting at the TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• Fuel Prices, Competition and the FTA