The Caucus for the Third Round of Negotiation of the Working Group on Competition and Consumer Protection for the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (Caucus for 3rd ACFTA WGCC)

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The caucus for the third round of negotiation of the Working Group on Competition and Consumer Protection (WGCC) for the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement was virtually held on 27th July 2023.

Representatives from the Competition and Consumer Protection Sectors in ASEAN member States and the ASEAN Secretariat Office attended the meeting.

As representatives from Myanmar, officials from the Department of Trade and the Department of Consumer Protection under the Ministry of Commerce were present.

The attendees discussed the competition chapter and consumer protection chapter to be included in the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement and the methodology to move forward on the negotiations on the text and its workplan.