This article identifies certain problems faced by parties to transnational merger transactions in view of the global … proliferation in recent years of competition (and, specifically, merger review) laws. After considering the pros and cons of merger … supranational competition authority under the aegis of the World Trade Organization. While rejecting the WTO as institutionally and …

1. The World Trade Organization and the international political economy -- 2. Institutional development of the WTO -- 3 …Despite the disruption of the multilateral trade talks at Seattle in December 1999, the work of the World Trade … of the trends, problems and opportunities demanding attention in international trade negotiations …