Trade and Competition Policies for Tomorrow [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1999.
The links between trade policy and competition policy have become more important in recent years. With tariff reductions, trade negotiators are looking increasingly at non-border policies that distort trade and at non-governmental barriers to trade. And, as official barriers to trade and investment fall, firms may have a greater incentive to engage in anti-competitive conduct to protect markets. Hence the need for coherent trade and competition policies. Trade and competition policies each seek to improve the allocation of resources; they complement and reinforce each other. These papers from the OECD Joint Group on Trade and competition examine aspects of those complementarities and relationships and in so doing draw on the OECD’s capacity to analyse questions in a multidisciplinary way. This book -- which includes a whole chapter on the telecommunications sector -- throws new light on all these issues in the lead up to the WTO's new round of negotiations. But whatever the outcome of Seattle, the questions raised in this volume will remain relevant.
Chapter 1. Complementarity Between Trade and Competition Policies -- Chapter 2. Consistencies and Inconsistencies between Trade and Competition Policies -- Chapter 3. Competition and Trade Effects of Vertical Restraints -- Chapter 4. Competition Elements in International Trade Agreements: A Post-Uruguay Round Overviewof WTO Agreements -- Chapter 5. Implications of the WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications
"(22 1999 04 1 P) FF 120"--P. [4] of cover.
"These working papers have been prepared ... by the OECD Joint Group on Trade and Competition."--P. 3.
Includes bibliographical references.
The links between trade policy and competition policy have become more important in recent years. With tariff reductions, trade negotiators are looking increasingly at non-border policies that distort trade and at non-governmental barriers to trade. And, as official barriers to trade and investment fall, firms may have a greater incentive to engage in anti-competitive conduct to protect markets. Hence the need for coherent trade and competition policies. Trade and competition policies each seek to improve the allocation of resources; they complement and reinforce each other. These papers from the OECD Joint Group on Trade and competition examine aspects of those complementarities and relationships and in so doing draw on the OECD’s capacity to analyse questions in a multidisciplinary way. This book -- which includes a whole chapter on the telecommunications sector -- throws new light on all these issues in the lead up to the WTO's new round of negotiations. But whatever the outcome of Seattle, the questions raised in this volume will remain relevant.
Published in French under the title: Ećhanges et concurrence : quelles politiques pour demain?
Competition, International.
Commercial policy.

Echanges et concurrence : quelles politiques pour demain