Tag: Globalization

International cooperation on competition issues among agencies and governments can be great for consumers and companies alike, avoiding a host of inefficient and potentially...

Cooperation agreements establishing the possibility of an exchange of information between competition authorities are in general based on two hypotheses. First, they assume that...

Antitrust enforcement remains a concrete policy domestically, and an eccentricity internationally. Yet, global antitrust is imperative: International mergers, international cartels, and multinationals engaging with...

Some countries have called for several years for international cooperation for competition in digital markets. Yet the declarations are political without concrete policy proposals...

A new sense of urgency and purpose has enlivened our international conversations about digital platforms, stimulating unprecedented levels of co-operation between competition and consumer...

The growth of China and President Xi’s policies have transformed the global economy in ways that competition policy and business strategies have yet to...

The willingness of national courts to set global FRAND royalty rates for patents that are essential to key industry standards has led to international...

The proliferation of measures across the globe designed to address concerns about the functioning of digital markets has been remarkable. In the last 18...

By Alden F. Abbott (George Mason University) The United States stood virtually alone when it enacted its first antitrust statute in 1890. Today, almost all...

Competition authorities across the world have taken increasingly divergent enforcement approaches, including in respect of the conduct of companies involved in the high technology...