<strong>Competition Policy in East Asia</strong> draws together a collection of papers oncompetition policy that were presented at the TwentyEighth Conference o... » 

Competition Policy in East Asia draws together a collection of papers oncompetition policy that were presented at the TwentyEighth Conference of thePacific Area Forum on Trade and Development PAFTAD held in Manila on 1618September 2002. It seeks to clarify the issues and provide a framework forunderstanding competition policy looking in depth at a number of regulatedsectors for additional perspectives Until two or three decades ago competitionand consumer protection policies were the preserve of the major developedeconomies like the United States the United Kingdom and some Europeancountries. Now competition issues are at the top of the international agenda asglobalisation spreads and as the operations of the World Trade Organisationthe World Bank the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and otherorganisations have brought about a realisation that regulatory reform and inmany economies the creation for the first time of regulatory instruments forcompetition and consumer protection is an imperative. «