Competition Policy in the WTO and FTAA: A Trojan Horse for International Trade Negotiations?

Author

Marc Lee, Charles Morand

Organization

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Published

2003

Summary

When World Trade Organization Ministers gather
in Cancun in September 2003, they will decide
whether to proceed with full negotiations on competition
policy (one of four “Singapore issues”) as
part of the Doha Round. Competition policy is
also a negotiating area in the proposed Free Trade
Area of the Americas. This paper provides an overview
of competition policy, which has a long history
at the national level in industrialized countries,
and the elevation of competition policy to the international
level as part of trade negotiations.

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Source: Consumer Policy Research Database