Trade and competition issues : experiences at the regional level

pt. 1. Cross-cutting concerns in regional cooperation and competition law and policy: ch. 1. Eager to ink, but ready to act? : RTA proliferation and international cooperation on competition policy / Lucian Cernat -- ch. 2. What can we really learn from the competition provisions of RTAs? / Simon Evenett -- ch. 3. Trade and competition in RTAs : a missed opportunity? / Peter Holmes, Anna Sydorak, Anestis Papadopoulos and Bahri Özgür Kayali -- ch. 4. Lessons from the negotiation and enforcement of competition provisions in South-South and North-South RTAs / Ana María Alvarez, Julian Clarke and Verónica Silva -- ch. 5. Operationalizing special and differential treatment in cooperation agreements on competition law and policy / Philippe Brusick and Julian Clarke -- ch. 6. Implementation costs and burden of international competition law and policy agreements / Barbara Rosenberg and Mariana Tavares de Araújo -- ch. 7. Consumer protection, competition and RTAs : some lessons for developing countries / Kamala Dawar and James Mathis -- ch. 8. The role of civil society in promoting competition culture and competition advocacy at the regional level / Pradeep Mehta and Nitya Nanda -- pt. 2. Specific experiences in regional cooperation and competition law and policy: ch. 9. Modernization of the European system of competition law enforcement : lessons for other regional groupings / Frédéric Jenny and Pierre Horna -- ch. 10. Special cooperation provisions on competition law and policy : the case of small economies (CARICOM) / Taimoon Stewart -- ch. 11. Allocation of competences between national and regional competition authorities : the case of COMESA / George Lipimile and Elizabeth Gachuiri -- ch. 12. Suggestions for enhancing the effectiveness of cooperation on competition law and policy at the regional level from the experience of the Republic of Korea / Deuk-Soo Chang -- ch. 13. Exemptions from competition provisions in RTAs : a study based on experiences in the agriculture and energy sectors / Melaku Desta.

xxix, 490 p. : charts, graphs, tables ; 21 cm.

At head of title: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-490).
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