The Future Development of Competition Framework

The Future Development of Competition Framework presents papers and speeches by well-known competition law practitioners versed in competition law and policy, including representatives of national competition authorities. They came from a variety of countries ¿ including France, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Korea and the United States ¿ to attend a 2003 conference sponsored by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission. The book reproduces texts of the various contributions to the conference, including a roundtable discussion. Among the topics addressed are the following:

• mergers and acquisitions;
• political interests;
• enforcement policies and sanctions;
• national cultures and traditions;
• international cartels;
• regional cooperation;
• concentration indexes and dominance indexes;
• patent pools;
• financial deregulation;
• confidentiality measures;
• technical assistance;
• striking the right balance between competition and regulation;
• reconciling competition policy and development policies.

Although they are especially valuable for their concentration on the Asia Pacific countries, these discussions will be of incalculable value to practitioners and academics everywhere who are involved in any of the interconnected branches of economic law or policy covered here.