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...

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 paper focuses on making sense out of the global approach of competition governance; it is based on the rationalist and constructivist literature of international relations theory. The rationalist argument explains its potential benefits by focusing on sovereignty and transaction costs, while...

This paper discusses the normative foundation of a global competition regime. It asks: What kind of normative values do we need? What objectives ought we to pursue? Why value economic competition at such a tough time as this? Are the disputes on these issues in the US and EU jurisdictions likely...

At present, Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have proliferated extraordinarily in the world trade landscape. Some trade diplomats are coming to recognize the greater significance of regional competition policy and law and are arguing that RTAs are likely to prevent to create anti-competitive...