1.5: Global Marketplace
Protect American consumers in the global marketplace by providing sound policy and technical input to foreign governments
and international organizations to promote sound consumer policy
Other Information:
The FTC works around the globe to address new and emerging consumer protection and privacy challenges and concerns with a
broad-based international program that strives to develop a consumer-friendly global marketplace. a myriad of issues—spam,
phishing, spyware, telemarketing fraud, identity theft, data security, and privacy—cross national borders. The resulting challenges
require the FTC to cooperate with counterparts in foreign agencies and international organizations. Our Strategy: To achieve
this objective, the FTC pursues the development of an international consumer protection model that focuses on protecting consumers
while maximizing economic benefit and consumer choice. The agency also focuses on understanding cutting-edge issues in technology
and globalization that present challenges to American consumer interests. The agency influences policy development and implementation
by advising multilateral organizations, regional entities, and foreign government agencies through substantive consultations
and written comments. and finally, the FTC provides technical assistance to newer consumer protection agencies to enhance
their ability to apply sound consumer protection policies. Performance Results: The FTC uses two measures to assess the performance
of this objective. Key Measure 1.5.1 and Performance Measure 1.5.2 address the scope of agency contact with international
counterparts and help determine if agency efforts are sufficiently broad-based.
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