AGCM

The competition authorities of Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the EU Commission met in Tokyo. AGCM President Roberto Rustichelli announced the 2024 Summit which will be held in Rome and will focus on emerging technologies, in particular artificial intelligence.

The competition authorities of the G7 Member States (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America) and the European Commission met on 7 and 8 November in Tokyo to discuss and address the challenges of competition policy in the digital age. The joint statement of the Authorities is available at the following link https://www.jftc.go.jp/en/pressreleases/yearly-2023/November/231108G7_result1EN.pdf.

The Italian Competition Authority, led by President Roberto Rustichelli, participated in the meeting, chaired this year by Japan, contributing to the updating of the Compendium of approaches to improving competition in digital markets. This is a document containing the key aspects of the work carried out so far by each Authority with regard to digital markets as a reference for future cooperation between competition authorities and policy makers. The compendium is published by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, Japan’s competition agency, and is available at the following link https://www.jftc.go.jp/en/pressreleases/yearly-2023/November/231108G7_result2EN.pdf. An update of the inventory on legislative and regulatory initiatives for digital markets, prepared by the OECD at the request of the Japanese government and available at the following link https://www.jftc.go.jp/en/pressreleases/yearly-2023/November/231108G7_result3_1.pdf, was also presented during the Tokyo meeting.

“Today's discussions have laid the groundwork for the upcoming G7 Competition Summit to be held in Rome in the autumn,” President Rustichelli said during his closing remarks. “I would like to use the upcoming Summit,” he added, “to focus our attention on emerging technologies and artificial intelligence”. In particular, Rustichelli explained, “I propose that next year, the G7 competition agencies work together to deepen their understanding of this crucial topic, exchange experiences and knowledge, and identify potential competition issues arising from artificial intelligence”.

Rome, 8 November 2023