Challenges to Assumptions in Competition Law

'This is an impressive book, featuring contributions from all over the world and organized around a critical, under-examined theme: What assumptions are relied on in competition law analysis, and are they fit for the purpose as applied to globalized and digitalized markets? The reader will find some new voices and fresh thinking, as typically assembled and provoked by ASCOLA, the international academic society of competition law researchers.' -- Eleanor Fox, New York University, US

Edited by David Bosco, Professor, Aix-Marseille Universit, France and Michal S. Gal, Professor and Director, Center for Law and Technology, University of Haifa, Israel

Contents: Introduction viii PART I NEW CHALLENGES IN THE DIGITAL SPHERE 1 Cooperation, dependence, and eviction: how platform-to-business coopetition relationships should be addressed in mobile telephony ecosystems 2 Frdric Marty and Julien Pillot 2 Technological tying: unbundling the assumptions 22 Stephen Dnes 3 Understanding the role of agricultural data on market power in the emerging Digital Agriculture sector: a critical analysis of the Bayer/Monsanto decision 41 Can Atik PART II NEW CHALLENGES TO EMERGING COUNTRIES 4 Merger control in Chinas digital economy: challenges and prospects 80 Wei Han and Yajie Gao 5 The adoption of specialised competition tribunals in Latin American countries: transplants and commonalities among them 106 Claudia OKane 6 Where influence lies in the international competition network 124 Christopher Townley 7 Cartels little helpers: a comparative study of the case law regarding the facilitators of collusion in Europe, United States and South America 161 Andrs Caldern PART III NEW INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES 8 Public interest considerations in European merger control regimes 184 Oliver Budzinski and Annika Sthr 9 Formalism, fairness and freedom of contract: abuse of dominance in the UK courts and the business Achilles heel of objective justification 206 Barry J. Rodger 10 Using trade tools to counteract anticompetitive conduct within global value chains: competition chapters in trade agreements 238 Galyna Kostiukevych Index