RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/WGTCP/M/16
8 October 2001
(01-4860)
Working Group on the Interaction
between Trade and Competition Policy
REPORT ON THE MEETING OF 28 SEPTEMBER 2001
Note by the Secretariat
1. The sixteenth meeting of the Working Group on the Interaction between Trade and
Competition Policy took place on 28 September 2001, under the Chairmanship of
Professor Frédéric Jenny.  The main purpose of the meeting was to review and adopt the Group's draft
Report (2001) to the General Council.
I. OTHER BUSINESS
2. The Chairman noted that, as had been requested by the Working Group at its meeting on
5-6 July (WT/WGTCP/M/15, paragraph 105), an information note prepared by the Secretariat on the
Impact of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions on Domestic Companies, Particularly Small and
Medium-Sized Enterprises (WT/WGTCP/W/180) had been made available at the meeting.  The
representative of Egypt said that he would provide comments on the note at a future meeting.
II. REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF THE REPORT (2001) OF THE WORKING GROUP
TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL
3. The Group had before it a draft of its Report (2001) to the General Council (JOB(01)/138,
dated 24 September 2001), which had been prepared by the Secretariat as requested at the Group's
previous meeting (WT/WGTCP/M/15, paragraph 104).  The Chairman recalled the nature of the
report and the guidelines given to the Secretariat for its drafting.  It was to be in the style of theReports that had been prepared at the e nd of 1998, 1999 and 2000 (WT/WGTCP/2, WT/WGTCP/3
and WT/WGTCP/4, respectively), meaning that it would be a substantive report and would be factual,descriptive, balanced and objective, without any recommendation and based on the minutes of the
Group's meetings during the current year.
4. The Working Group adopted its Report (2001) to the General Council, subject to minor
corrections and additions which were agreed to by the Group.
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