Cross-Border Price Regulation: Anti-Competition Policy?

Report of the C.D. Howe Institute Competition Policy Council

A recent federal proposal to legislate against cross-border price discrimination is profoundly wrong-headed in approach and should not proceed. This is the consensus view of the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council, which held its seventh meeting on April 25, 2014.

The Competition Policy Council comprises top-ranked academics and practitioners active in the field of competition policy. The Council, chaired by Finn Poschmann, Vice President, Research, at the C.D. Howe Institute, provides analysis of emerging competition policy issues. Professor Edward Iacobucci, Osler Chair in Business Law at the University of Toronto and Competition Policy Scholar at the Institute, advises the program, along with Benjamin Dachis, Senior Policy Analyst. The Council, whose members participate in their personal capacities, convenes a neutral forum to test competing visions and to share views on competition policy with practitioners, policymakers and the public.