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Export Cartels: Is it Legal to Target your Neighbour? Analysis in Light of Recent Case Law

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  • Marek Martyniszyn
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Despite the growing sophistication of antitrust regimes around the world, export cartels benefit from special treatment: they are almost universally tolerated, if not encouraged in the countries of origin. Economists do not offer an unambiguous policy recommendation on how to deal with them in part due to the lack of empirical data. This article discusses arguments for and against export cartels and it identifies the existing gaps in the present regulatory framework. The theoretical part is followed by an analysis of the recent case law: a US cartel challenged with different outcomes in India and South Africa, as well as Chinese export cartels pursued in the USA. The Chinese cases are particularly topical as the conduct at stake, apart from being subject to private antitrust actions before US courts, was also challenged within the WTO dispute settlement framework, pointing out to the existing interface between trade and competition. While the recent developments prove that unaddressed issues tend not to vanish, the new South--North dimension has the potential of placing export cartels again on the international agenda. Pragmatic thinking suggests looking for the solution within the WTO framework. Oxford University Press 2012, all rights reserved, Oxford University Press.

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  • Marek Martyniszyn, 2012. "Export Cartels: Is it Legal to Target your Neighbour? Analysis in Light of Recent Case Law," Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(1), pages 181-222, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jieclw:v:15:y:2012:i:1:p:181-222
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    1. Auriol, Emmanuelle & Søreide, Tina, 2017. "An economic analysis of debarment," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 36-49.

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