Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Abstract
Antitrust law is one of the most commonly deployed instruments of economic regulation around the world. To date, over 130 countries have adopted a domestic antitrust law. These countries comprise developed and developing nations alike, and combined produce over 95 percent of the world’s GDP. Most of the countries that have adopted an antitrust law have done so since 1990. This period of significant proliferation of antitrust laws also coincides with a notable expansion of international trade agreements, including the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 and the negotiation of numerous bilateral and multilateral trade agreements. These concurrent trends are consistent with the view that antitrust regulation and trade liberalization are complementary tools in governments’ efforts to create and preserve open and competitive markets.
Disciplines
Antitrust and Trade Regulation | Comparative and Foreign Law | International Law | International Trade Law | Law | Law and Economics
Recommended Citation
Anu Bradford & Adam S. Chilton,
Regulating Antitrust Through Trade Agreements,
84
Antitrust L. J.
103
(2021).
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https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/3179
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Comments
© 2021. Published in Antitrust Law Journal, Vol. 84, No. 1, 2021, by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder.