The Future Development of Competition Framework presents papers and speeches by well-known competition law practitioners versed in competition law and policy, including representatives of national competition authorities. They came from a variety of countries including France, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Korea and the United States to attend a 2003 conference sponsored by the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission. The book reproduces texts of the various contributions to the conference, including a roundtable discussion. Among the topics addressed are the following:
- mergers and acquisitions;
- enforcement policies and sanctions;
- national cultures and traditions;
- international cartels;
- regional cooperation;
- concentration indexes and dominance indexes;
- patent pools;
- financial deregulation;
- confidentiality measures;
- striking the right balance between competition and regulation;
- reconciling competition policy and development policies.