Research Catalog

Title

Competition law and the World Trade Organisation : the limits of multilateralism / Kevin C. Kennedy.

Author

Kennedy, Kevin C.

Publication

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2001.

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Description

xlii, 342 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

"Competition Law and the World Trade Organisation: The Limits of Multilateralism presents a detailed examination of the interface between trade and competition policy and explores how these policies have been addressed by the WTO. As cases before the WTO increase steadily, and as globalisation drives trade and competition law into an ever closer relationship, this volume provides practitioners and academics with an invaluable guide to the growing network of international agreements in the area and a clear insight into the future direction of policy."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

International trade law series

Uniform Title

International trade law series

Subject

• World Trade Organization
• Antitrust law (International law)
• Competition, Unfair
• Restraint of trade
• Antitrust Laws

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

International Agreements and other formulations of International Trade Law -- Ch. 1. Trade and Competition Policy at the World Trade Organisation: An Introduction and Overview. I. What Is the Trade and Competition Policy Relationship? II. Competition Policy at the WTO: A First Look -- Ch. 2. Unilateral, Bilateral, Regional, Plurilateral, and Multilateral Approaches to Competition Policy. I. Introduction. II. Unilateral Approaches. III. Bilateral Approaches. IV. Regional Approaches. V. Plurilateral Approaches. VI. Multilateral Approaches Outside of the WTO -- Ch. 3. Trade and Competition Policy at the WTO: The Past and Present. I. The History of Competition Policy in the GATT-WTO System. II. WTO Rules on Competition Policy. III. Cautious Steps Forward on Competition Policy Negotiations at the WTO -- Ch. 4. The Search for Convergence, the Reality of Divergence. I. The WTO Work Programme on Competition Policy. II. Areas of Convergence and Divergence: threshold issues. III. Horizontal Restraints. IV. Vertical Restraints. V. Abuse of a Dominant Position (Unlawful Monopolisation). VI. Mergers and Acquisitions. VII. Residual Issues. VIII. Summary -- Ch. 5. Trade and Competition Policy at the WTO: The Future. I. A WTO Multilateral Agreement on Competition Policy. II. A WTO Plurilateral Agreement on Competition Policy. III. An OECD Agreement on Competition Policy -- Ch. 6. The Limits of Multilateralism. I. Preconditions to Negotiations on a WTO Agreement on Competition Policy. II. Addressing Private RBPs under Existing GATT-WTO Rules. III. Summary and Conclusions.

ISBN

0421824506

OCLC

• 46807617
• SCSB-10468640

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Harvard Library