The Fair Trade Commission (FTC; ) is an independent government agency subordinate to the

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which is responsible for competition policy, trade practices, formulating fair trade policy, laws, regulations, investigating activities restricting competition, such as monopolies, mergers, collusions, cartels, and other unfair trade practices on the part of enterprises in the Republic of China (

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

).
The FTC is different from other foreign government regulators in that the

Consumer Protection Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent business ...

functions is administered by the Consumer Protection Committee.

History

The Fair Trade Commission was created in 1992 to regulate competition and enforced trade practices. It has the powers to investigate illegal activities such as

predatory pricing Predatory pricing, also known as price slashing, is a commercial pricing strategy which involves reducing the retail prices to a level lower than competitors to eliminate competition. Selling at lower prices than a competitor is known as underc ...

, collusion, cartels, mergers and other unfair trade practices that hurt choices, prices, create monopolies and reduce competition.

Structure

*First Department *Second Department *Third Department *Department of Planning *Department of Legal Affairs *Secretariat *Personnel Office *Accounting Office *Statistical Office *Civil Service Ethics Office

Chairpersons

* Wang Chih-kang (27 January 1992 – 9 June 1996) * Chao Yang-ching (10 June 1996 – 26 January 2001; acting until 26 January 1998) * (27 January 2001 – 26 January 2007) * Yu Chao-chuan (27 January 2007 – 31 January 2007) * (1 February 2007 – 31 July 2009) * Wu Shiow-ming (1 August 2009 – 31 January 2017; acting until 31 January 2010) *

Huang Mei-ying Huang Mei-ying () is a Taiwanese economist. She served as the Chairperson of Fair Trade Commission (Taiwan), Fair Trade Commission from 2017 to 2023. Education Huang obtained her bachelor's and master's degree in agricultural economics from ...

(1 February 2017 – 30 January 2023) *

Lee May Lee Andrew May (March 23, 1943 – July 29, 2017) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and designated hitter from to for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Bal ...

(李鎂) (since 31 January 2023)

Transportation

The building is accessible within walking distance South West from Shandao Temple Station of the

Taipei Metro Taipei Metro (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and branded as Metro Taipei) is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapi ...

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