Developing countries have blocked initiatives for further negotiations of international competition law and policy within the World Trade Organization (WTO), arguing that the WTO is not an appropriate forum for these discussions. This article takes another look at a current controversy and...

This article starts with the cautionary note that an alternative approach for international cooperation in competition law and policy is needed. After the Doha Trade Talk, negotiations about this issue reached a deadlock, so there is no longer any prospect of the WTO assuming this responsibility...