31.   It makes sense for serious new applicants to start to align their rules on competition policy and state aids with those they will have to adopt as EU members.

32.   Last year the Federal Trade Commission, the agency charged with protecting competition, held hearings on competition policy and in its report cited the Addamax-OSF case.

33.   The disputes have already reached the European Commission in Brussels, which oversees competition policy.

34.   The talks will first focus on competition policy, distribution and transparency, key areas of contention between the U.S. and Japan.

35.   The talks will first focus on competition policy, distribution and transparency -- open accounting systems -- which have been key areas of contention between the U.S. and Japan.

36.   They want to include food safety, environmental standards, foreign direct investment and national competition policy in the talks.

37.   With an aggressive competition policy, it wants to diminish the monopoly power some large South African companies enjoy.

38.   -- a joint push for a more open Japanese competition policy.

39.   Among the other problems resolved was an agreement to formally study cross-border investment and fair business competition policies.

40.   At the summit, the WTO nations will address such issues as tariffs, debt, labor standards and competition policy.