Competition enforcement across the continent increasingly engages considerations beyond traditional competition analysis. This session examines the intersection and potential tensions between competition law and public interest (including employment and worker protection in mergers, cartel enforcement and abuse of dominance cases), trade law and tariffs, intellectual property (including licensing and exclusivity arrangements, evergreening and sham litigation), foreign investment controls and sustainability.

As regulators expand what they treat as public interest and apply public interest conditions to cross-border matters where policy objectives may diverge, the panel considers how these non-traditional considerations are manifesting across jurisdictions and how competition policy can support open and competitive markets while safeguarding local players.