WTO Competition Policy and China's Antitrust Legislation

Author: Wang Xianlin
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Publish Date: 2005-03-10
Features: Based on an analysis of the European Union and Taiwan Microsoft monopoly cases, this book examines the fundamental principles of the WTO and competition policy and their relationship, the reasons and basic approaches for international coordination of competition policy, the existing competition rules of the WTO, the background, current status, and prospects of WTO trade and competition policy negotiations, the conflict and coordination between the WTO's anti-dumping system and competition policy, and analyzes the basic requirements for improving China's competition law, with a focus on the fundamental substantive and implementation systems in China's anti-monopoly legislation. The book's main argument is that competition policy is consistent with the fundamental principles of the WTO, and China should conditionally support and participate in WTO framework competition policy negotiations. The current international anti-dumping system has been largely misused as a tool for new trade protectionism and needs to be adjusted in the spirit of competition policy. It is very necessary for China to formulate anti-monopoly laws in the process of developing a socialist market economy, and it becomes even more urgent after joining the WTO. When formulating anti-monopoly legislation, China's fundamental substantive and implementation systems need to be scientifically and reasonably stipulated in line with WTO requirements and China's national conditions. Based on an analysis of the European Union and Taiwan Microsoft monopoly cases, this book examines the fundamental principles of the WTO and competition policy and their relationship, the reasons and basic approaches for international coordination of competition policy, the existing competition rules of the WTO, the background, current status, and prospects of WTO trade and competition policy negotiations, the conflict and coordination between the WTO's anti-dumping system and competition policy, and analyzes the basic requirements for improving China's competition law, with a focus on the fundamental substantive and implementation systems in China's anti-monopoly legislation. The book's main argument is that competition policy is consistent with the fundamental principles of the WTO, and China should conditionally support and participate in WTO framework competition policy negotiations. The current international anti-dumping system has been largely misused as a tool for new trade protectionism and needs to be adjusted in the spirit of competition policy. It is very necessary for China to formulate anti-monopoly laws in the process of developing a socialist market economy, and it becomes even more urgent after joining the WTO. When formulating anti-monopoly legislation, China's fundamental substantive and implementation systems need to be scientifically and reasonably stipulated in line with WTO requirements and China's national conditions.