00882nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000190001724500470003626000250008330000100010850000360011852005320015458300200068694200130070699900170071920260716044030.0  a09.01.02 U5816  aConsumer protection and competition policy  bUNaNew YorkUSc2012  a18 p.  aNote by the UNCTAD Secretariat.  aAddresses the interactions between competition policy and consumer policy to provide an overview for the topics to be further discussed during the first Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Consumer Protection in July 2012. Compares the objectives of the two policies. Discusses the interaction in the two types of markets, viz. the imperfect and the other where high costs are generated in securing informaton about competing offers; moves to insurance and savings products, remittances, conterfeit medicines and unsafe consumer products.  c9/5/12kSANDRAW  cCmU5816  c59107d59107