Trade and Competition Policies [electronic resource]: Exploring the Ways Forward /
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OECD Conference on Trade and Competition(1999 :Paris, France)
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1999.
To further benefit from trade liberalisation, developed and developing countries must get their policies right, in trade and other spheres, such as the web of domestic regulations that affect commerce within and between countries. In the run-up to the November 1999 WTO Ministerial in Seattle, Washington, and a possible new round of multilateral trade negotiations, a Conference on trade and competition was held on 29-30 June 1999 at the OECD to explore the various options towards better coherence between trade and competition policies. This Conference provided OECD countries and 30 non-member countries, academics and representatives of business, trade unions and advocacy groups a unique opportunity to discuss ways to strengthen trade and competition policies in the interests of more open global markets. They examined the effects of trade measures on competition. They also debated whether private anticompetitive practices, and certain domestic regulations, point to the need for multilateral trade and competition rules. This publication summarises those discussions and includes keynote addresses by Sir Leon Brittan and U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Joel Klein, as well as an issues paper drafted by the OECD Secretariat to serve as a background note for the Conference.
Summary by the OECD Secretariat -- The Interface of Trade and Competition Policies -- Private Anti-Competitive Practices -- Government Regulation -- Reform of Trade Policy -- The Need for Data -- The Development Dimension -- The Application of Competition Law in Developing Countries -- Social, Environmental, and Consumer Dimensions -- Options for Increased Coherence - Overiew -- Bilateral, Plurilateral, and Multilateral Options -- Core Principles -- Dispute Settlement -- Cooperation and Technical Assistance -- Opening Remarks  -- -Opening Remarks by Donald J. Johnston, Secretary-General of the OECD -- The Need for a Multilateral Framework of Competition Rules by Leon Brittan, Vice President of the European Commission -- A Reality Check on Antitrust Rules in the World Trade Organisation, and a Practical Way Forward on International Antitrust by Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, US Dept of Justice -- OECD Conference on Trade and Competition Issues Paper by the OECD Secretariat -- -Introduction -- Trade, Regulation and Competition: What are the Problems? -- Options to Improve the Coherence between Trade and Competition Policies -- Multilateral Competition Rules
Selected papers from the OECD Conference on Trade and Competition held June 29-30, 1999 in Paris.
"A detailed aide-memoire of the discussion is available on the Internet site of the Conference: http://www.oecd.org/daf/ech"--P. 7.
To further benefit from trade liberalisation, developed and developing countries must get their policies right, in trade and other spheres, such as the web of domestic regulations that affect commerce within and between countries. In the run-up to the November 1999 WTO Ministerial in Seattle, Washington, and a possible new round of multilateral trade negotiations, a Conference on trade and competition was held on 29-30 June 1999 at the OECD to explore the various options towards better coherence between trade and competition policies. This Conference provided OECD countries and 30 non-member countries, academics and representatives of business, trade unions and advocacy groups a unique opportunity to discuss ways to strengthen trade and competition policies in the interests of more open global markets. They examined the effects of trade measures on competition. They also debated whether private anticompetitive practices, and certain domestic regulations, point to the need for multilateral trade and competition rules. This publication summarises those discussions and includes keynote addresses by Sir Leon Brittan and U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Joel Klein, as well as an issues paper drafted by the OECD Secretariat to serve as a background note for the Conference.
World Trade Organization
Competition
Foreign trade regulation