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Competition, Competition Policy and the GATT

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Hoekman, Bernard
Mavroidis, Petros C

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This paper argues that further moves to liberalize trade and to implement existing GATT disciplines may have a greater impact on global competition than the pursuit of harmonized multilateral competition policy disciplines. It also suggests that current GATT rules and case law provide scope for both the application and non-application of existing domestic competition laws of contracting parties to be challenged in those instances where this leads to de facto discrimination between domestic and foreign products. Little use has been made of the GATT in this connection, suggesting that exploration of existing indirect avenues to raise competition-related disputes in GATT be pursued more actively. This would help to identify what specific government policies might be the subject of multilateral negotiations and explicit incorporation into the GATT framework.

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Keywords: Competition Policy; GATT; Multilateral Trade Negotiations;

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F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations

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  1. Auquier, A A & Caves, R E, 1979. "Monopolistic Export Industries, Trade Taxes, and Optimal Competition Policy," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 89(355), pages 559-81, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Alexis Jacquemin, 1993. "The International Dimension of European Competition Policy," Journal of Common Market Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 31(1), pages 91-102, 03. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Hoekman, Bernard M, 1993. "New Issues in the Uruguay Round and Beyond," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 103(421), pages 1528-39, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Hoekman, Bernard M. & Leidy, Michael P., 1992. "Cascading contingent protection," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 883-892, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Hoekman, Bernard & Mavroidis, Petros C., 1995. "The World Trade Organization's agreement on government procurement : expanding disciplines, declining membership?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1429, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  2. Sanchez Cantillo, M.V., 1999. "Implications of the opening of trade on production, income distribution and the balance of trade : a computable general equilibrium model for Costa Rica with counterfactual simulations," Working Papers - General Series 285, Institute of Social Studies. [Downloadable!]
  3. Horn, Henrik & Levinsohn, James A, 2000. "Merger Policies And Trade Liberalization," CEPR Discussion Papers 2459, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Hoekman, Bernard, 1997. "Competition policy and the global trading system : a developing country perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1735, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  5. Hoekman, Bernard & Holmes, Peter, 1999. "Competition policy, developing countries, and the World Trade Organization," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2211, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  6. Joseph Francois & Ian Wooton, 2008. "Market Structure and Market Access," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo Group Munich. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Hoekman, Bernard & Mavroidis, Petros C., 2002. "Economic development, competition policy, and the World Trade Organization," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2917, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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