Competition policy: a force for open markets

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Competition policy can foster open world markets, as illustrated by the relations between the US and Japan. The two countries engaged in Structural Impediments Initiatives talks in 1989, and have achieved progress in aligning their policies and market access. Competition policy should work with competition law and trade policy to end government and private restraints of trade.

International aspects, Powers and duties, Structural Impediments Initiative

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Antitrust in 1992: the year of the storyteller

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Three significant developments in antitrust law have occurred in 1992. One is the publication of the Dept of Justice's Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Another is the decision of Eastman Kodak Co v Image Technical Services, Inc which strengthens tying analysis. The third is the decision of FTC vs Ticor Title Insurance Co which limited state action doctrine.

Interpretation and construction

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The legacy of LTV/Republic Steel

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The author discusses United States v. LTV Corp., an antitrust case settled by consent decree in 1984, and the impact from the criticism it generated had on US anticompetition law.

United States, Evaluation, Acquisitions and mergers, Political aspects

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