2023 Releases

• September
  • FTC Hosts Virtual Stakeholder Meeting on the Advisory Services to the Trinidad and Tobago Fair Trading Commission to facilitate the drafting of the Merger Regulations pursuant to the Fair Trading Act, Chap 81:13
• August
  • CARICOM COMPETITION COMMISSION concludes Preliminary Assessment of Market for Liquified Petroleum Gas in select CSME Member States.
•  July
  • FTC Hosts Virtual Stakeholder Meeting with Poultry Sector Stakeholders: “Lets Talk Poultry and Competition”.
  • FTC Media Release “Economic Growth and Trinidad and Tobago’s Fair Trading Act”.
•  June
  • Announcement of Winners of the 2023 FTC Essay Competition.
•  May
  • FTC Hosts Virtual Stakeholder Session with Legal Counsel “A Guide to the Fair Trading Act and related matters.”
  • FTC Public Notice to Vendors, Consultants, Contractors and Suppliers on the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act (2015)
•  April
  • FTC Hosts Media Launch of the Guide to the Fair Trading Act, April 28th 2023.
  • FTC Hosts Virtual Sensitization Session with the National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO).
  • 2023 Updated Public Statement of the Fair Trading Commission pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1999 Chapter 22:02 (FOIA)

• March

• • FTC Hosts Virtual Stakeholder Meeting with Counsel in Government Ministries and State Enterprises “The Fair Trading Act and Competition Law: Context, Updates and Considerations for Counsel in Government Ministries and State Enterprises”.

• 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.

2022 Releases

• October
  • FTC Hosts Virtual Stakeholder 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?
  • 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