Ottawa, October 3, 2025 — Heads of competition authorities from the world’s leading economies gathered in Ottawa last week for the G7 Competition Summit, with discussion centred on how digital technologies, including AI-based pricing algorithms, are reshaping competitive dynamics across sectors.
The two-day event, held on October 1–2 and hosted by the Competition Bureau Canada under the country’s 2025 G7 Presidency, brought together senior officials and policymakers from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. Delegates met to address challenges arising from digital markets and the growing use of algorithms in commerce.
A key focus of the summit was algorithmic pricing, a growing practice in digital markets that can affect competition and consumer welfare. Officials discussed how automated pricing tools and artificial intelligence are reshaping market dynamics. Delegates exchanged experiences from recent enforcement actions involving algorithmic coordination. They shared strategies for detecting anticompetitive conduct and identifying potential collusion facilitated by pricing algorithms.
The OECD participated in the summit at Canada’s request and presented a new scoping note on algorithmic pricing and competition, which informed the discussions. The discussions also explored emerging policy concerns in digital markets.
Coinciding with the summit, G7 competition authorities jointly released a revised Compendium of Approaches to Improving Competition in Digital Markets. The updated document provides an overview of enforcement, policy, and reform efforts undertaken across G7 jurisdictions.
The compendium outlines each authority’s recent enforcement and merger cases, along with advocacy initiatives focused on the tech sector. It also describes steps taken to build institutional capacity for digital enforcement. These measures include establishing specialised digital market units, recruiting technical experts, and developing new investigative tools to monitor algorithmic and data-driven conduct.
The report further details ongoing legislative and reform efforts that enable faster and more effective responses to digital competition issues.
“As France assumes the G7 Presidency in 2026, we look forward to building on Canada’s leadership and advancing this important dialogue,” said Benoît Cœuré, President of France’s Autorité de la concurrence.
