Towards WTO competition rules : key issues and comments on the WTO report (1998) on trade and competition : proceedings of the seminar, Zurich University, 8-10 July 1999 / Roger Zäch, editor ; organized in cooperation with Marino Baldi [and others] ; with contributions by Carlos Maria Correa [and others].

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"The progressive elimination of formal, governmentally imposed trade barriers under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ("GATT") and - since 1995 - the World Trade Organization ("WTO") brought competition policy on the agenda of the WTO. In November 1998 a WTO working group presented a comprehensive report on the "Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy" (Jenny Report)." "In July 1999, a group of internationally recognized competition law experts, together with high ranking officials from the WTO, Geneva, the European Commission, and the German Bundeskartellamt met in a seminar at Zurich University with the aim to comment on the Jenny Report, to identify key issues for international competition rules and to present proposals for such rules. The results are presented in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.

Proceedings of the seminar, Zurich University, 8-10 July 1999, organized in cooperation with Marino Baldi, Wolfgang Fikentscher, Ulrich Immenga and Hanns Ullrich; The progressive elimination of formal, government-imposed trade barriers under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and - since 1955 - the World Trade Organization (WTO) brought competition policy onto the agenda of the WTO. In November 1998 a WTO working group presented a comprehensive report on the "Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy" (Jenny Report). In July 1999, a group of internationally recognized competition law experts, together with high-ranking officials from the WTO, Geneva, the European Commission, and the German Bundeskartellamt met in a seminar at Zurich University with the aim to comment on the Jenny Report, to identify key issues for international competition rules and to present proposals for such rules. The results are presented in this volume. Due to evident differences between the U.S. and Europe/Japan on the goals and features of rules protecting international competition, negotiations in this area will be difficult. The contributions contained in this volume offer new approaches and proposals that might help to overcome these difficulties. I Fundamentals. JENNY, Fre?de?ric. Globalization, Competition and Trade Policy : Issues and Challenges; PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich. Competition-oriented Reforms of the WTO - World Trade System - Proposals and Policy Options; FIKENTSCHER, Wolfgang. Antitrust, Market Conceptualization and the World Trade Organization - The Convention Approach; FIRST, Harry. Towards an International Common Law of Competition; IYORI, Hiroshi. Competition Culture and the Aims of Competition Law; HALEY, John O. Harmonized Rules, Peculiar Law : Recent Developments in Japanese Law; GRIMES, Warren S. Lessons From a Century of Change - The Political, Social, and Economic Forces Shaping United States' Law Governing Vertical Restraints on Retail Price Competition; . ZA?CH, Roger. Legal Appraisal of Restrictive Agreements - Proposals for Statutory Provisions; II Competition Policy for International Markets. PONS, Jean-Franc?ois. International Co-operations in Competition Matters - Where Are We Four Years After the Van Miert Report; WOLF, Dieter. International Mergers; SOLTYSINSKI, Stanislaw. Control of Mergers and Acquisitions under Polish Law; DREXL, Josef. Trade-Related Restraints of Competition - The Competition Policy Approach; ULLRICH, Hanns. Antitrust Law Relating to High Technology Industries - A Case for or Against International Rules?; HEINEMANN, Andreas. Problems of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy - The Approach of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition; FOX, Eleanor M. The Problem of State Action that Blesses Private Action that Harms "the Foreigners"; III: Antitrust and the Public Interest. IMMENGA, Ulrich. Conflicts between Competition Policy and Industrial Policy : A Comparative View on Potential Responses; CORREA, Carlos Maria. Competition Law and Development Policies; ZA?CH, Roger. Competition Law as Comparative Advantage;.

The Hague : Kluwer Law International, 1999.

English

"The progressive elimination of formal, governmentally imposed trade barriers under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ("GATT") and - since 1995 - the World Trade Organization ("WTO") brought competition policy on the agenda of the WTO. In November 1998 a WTO working group presented a comprehensive report on the "Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy" (Jenny Report)." "In July 1999, a group of internationally recognized competition law experts, together with high ranking officials from the WTO, Geneva, the European Commission, and the German Bundeskartellamt met in a seminar at Zurich University with the aim to comment on the Jenny Report, to identify key issues for international competition rules and to present proposals for such rules. The results are presented in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.