Toward Multilateral Competition Law?

In 2001, the Doha WTO Ministerial Declaration recognized a "case for a multilateral framework to enhance the contribution of competition policy to international trade and development". Yet, the negotiations on additional multilateral competition rules within the WTO were formally suspended in 2004. This book aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the current status of the discussion and is intended to suit both the advanced reader and any reader with a general interest in international economic law. The author critically reevaluates and reconfirms the case for additional international competition rules from both a competition and trade policy perspective. Taking into account the political developments around the failed Cancún Ministerial Conference and the relationship of competition policy and economic development, the author also illustrates a possible solution to break the deadlock concerning additional international competition rules within the ambit of the WTO.

The Author: Daniela Kröll studied law at the University of Innsbruck (Magister iuris 2001, Doctor iuris 2005), the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the University of London and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. in International Business Law 2003). The author has been an associate with an Austrian law firm in Vienna since 2006. From 2004 to 2006, she worked for a large IT company. She specializes in antitrust and competition law, public procurement law and IT law.