1st Edition

Trade, Competition and Domestic Regulatory Policy Trade Liberalisation, Competitive Markets and Property Rights Protection

By Shanker A. Singham, Alden F. Abbott Copyright 2023
500 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

500 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

500 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Trade, Competition and Domestic Regulatory Policy presents a unique combination of analysis of both international trade and investment policies, and competition and regulatory policies. Increasingly, policymakers, businesses and the law and economics professions need to better understand how changes and policy developments in international trade and competition developed and how their... Read more

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Purposes of Trade Liberalisation and Competitive Markets

Chapter 2: Introduction to Institutions Underpinning Global Trade and Regulations

Chapter 3: The Role of Consumer Welfare in Competition Implementation and Enforcement

Chapter 4: A Brief Introduction to the Theory of Anti-Competitive Market Distortions

Chapter 5: Trade Policies and Trade Remedies through the Lens of Competition and Consumer Welfare

Chapter 6: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: A Temporary Fix but a Constitutional Foundation

Chapter 7: Trade and Competition in Agriculture: A Trade Negotiation and Sugar Case Study

Chapter 8: State-Trading Enterprises and State-Supported Monopolies: Beginnings of Consumer Welfare Test

Chapter 9: Domestic Regulatory Reform

Chapter 10: The Role of Property Rights in Building a Competitive Market

Chapter 11: Protecting Property Rights: The Triple Interface between Intellectual Property, Competition and Trade

Chapter 12: Trade in Services: General Introduction

Chapter 13: Financial Services

Chapter 14: Impact of the New Media Economy

Chapter 15: Conclusion

Biography

Shanker A. Singham is one of the world’s leading international trade and competition lawyers/economists. He is the CEO of Competere and a former cleared advisor to the United States Trade Representative. Mr Singham is a former advisor to the Secretary of State for International Trade of the UK.

Alden Abbott is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, focusing on antitrust issues. Before joining Mercatus, Mr. Abbott served as the Federal Trade Commission’s General Counsel from 2018 to early 2021, where he represented the Commission in court and provided legal advice to its representatives.