This text offers an in-depth proposal for an international merger control regime that is firmly grounded in and supported by a framework of economic and legal theory.

A special chapter is devoted to the complex custodial role of the World Trade Organization, both in its present activity and as it is envisioned in the various proposals.

Globalization - how and impact
US antitrust and merger control laws
EC competition and merger control laws
comparison between the US and EC merger control laws
recognition of limits - need for co-operation and convergence
proposals advanced for transnational merger review
international merger control regime. (Part contents).