By Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj ( September 24, 2025, 07:10 GMT | Insight) -- A day after ASEAN ministers signed the bloc’s first regional competition pact, antitrust regulators said the framework would transform years of informal cooperation into a structured system for enforcement coordination, helping the region tackle cross-border cartels and market abuses. Philippine Competition Commissioner Lolibeth Ramit-Medrano said the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Competition institutionalizes tools such as notification of actions affecting other member states, structured consultations, coordinated investigations and data exchange with confidentiality safeguards.A day after ASEAN ministers signed the bloc’s first regional competition pact, antitrust regulators said the framework would transform years of informal cooperation into a structured system for enforcement coordination, helping the region tackle cross-border cartels and market abuses....
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