Subjects:

Competition Law

Contents:

Preface. About the Authors. Opening Ceremony. Opening Remarks

Yang-Ching Chao. Welcome Address

Yuh-Seng Wong. Keynote Speech. A Century of Competition Policy Enforcement

F.M. Scherer. Session I: Competition Policies/Law and National Development.
1. Recent Trends and Prospects for Brazilian Antitrust

G. Oliveira.
2. Globalization, Competition and Trade Policy: Convergence, Divergence and Cooperation

F. Jenny.
3. US Competition Policy and Law: Learning from a Century of Antitrust Enforcement

D.A. Valentine.
4. A Decade of Fair Trade Law Legislation and Its Enforcement in the Republic of China

Gee San, Changfa Lo. Session II: The Comparative Regulations of Competition Law.
1. Regulation of Mergers & Monopolization

T. Calvani, T.A. Evans.
2. Principles of German Competition Law under the 6th Act to Amend the Act Against Restraints of Competition (ARC)

K. Stockmann.
3. The Reform of EC Competition Policy

H. Schroter.
4. Competition Authorities in Competition

Yeong-Chin Su.
5. Current Trends in Korea's Competition Law/Policy

Soon-Sik Ju. Session III: International Approach on the Regulations of Competition Law.
1. International Approaches to Competition Laws: Government Cooperation for Business Competition

K.M. Vautier.
2. International Cooperation in Competition Policy: Approaches Currently under Consideration in the WTO

R.D. Anderson.
3. OECD Programmes for International Responses to Global Competition Issues

W.T. Winslow.
4. Globalizing World Economy and Competition Law and Policy-Need for International Cooperation (Preliminary Draft Without Citations)

M. Matsushita. Session IV: Technological Development and Competition Policies/Law.
1. The Trips Agreement, Competition Policy, and Third World Welfare: The Case of Pharmaceutical Product Patents

F.M. Scherer.
2. Intellectual Property and Anti-Trust in the Electronic Age

C. Heath.
3. Japan's Broadcasting and Telecommunications: Digital Convergence, Market Structure and Competition

K. Nakamura.
4. Communications, Convergence and Competition: The Case of Taiwan

L.S. Liu, et al.
5. Level the Playing Field for Digital Network Industries

Kung-Chung Liu. Session V: Consumer Protection, Global Commerce and Competition Law.
1. Parallel Imports and Competition-Effects of a Court Ruling

J. Holgersson.
2. Intervention of Competition Law in International Trade: The Taiwan Experience

Changfa Lo.
3. Consumer Protection in the Global Economy

A. Asher.
4. Consumer Protection of the Fair Trade Law in Taiwan

Chien-Te Fan. Session VI: Roundtable Discussion. Introductory Speech. Integration of Markets and Industries: The Challenge for Global Competition Policy

D. Wolf. Panel I - `Is Convergence Possible: The Experience of Developing and Developed Countries'

Gee San, et al. Panel II - `Regional or Multilateral Cooperation: The Role of International Organizations for the New Millennium'

R.D. Anderson, et al. Panel III - `Challenge Confronting Competition Laws: The Borderless New Trading Order'

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Competition policy is in the process of adoption in dozens of nations worldwide, at a time when competition laws have necessarily become applicable to such new fields as trade, investment, intellectual property rights, information technology, and global consumer protection. Although vigorous enforcement - especially across borders - remains the most serious challenge to global success, it is also important to recognize that the established American-European model of competition policy may not be the ""right thing"" for countries with radically different cultural traditions, especially less-developed countries. This book explores the prospects for competition policy, its likely development, and its ever-more-central role in the world trade regime.;With this book, interested parties may benefit from the perspectives of scholars and policymakers representing Asia Pacific, Europe, and North and South America. Issues investigated include: the costs of absorbing a new technology; distinct and evolving national competition policies and the fabric of world trade; extraterritorial enforcement and co-operation agreements; criteria for ""material injury"" in international trade rules; collusive technology transfer barriers; the re-emergence of transnational cartels; and the tendency of anti-dumping rules to foster cartelization. The major competition policy issues on the international agenda - the harmonization of national policies and international trade rules; the integration of intellectual property rights, technology transfer, and investment; and enforcement co-operation across borders - are all analyzed in depth from many different angles. This is a valuable book for practitioners, government officials, and academics in this critical area of contemporary law and policy.