Week 1: Contestable Markets: Trade, Competition and Government Procurement

This interdisciplinary course delves into the relationships between international trade, competition policy and government procurement, from both a legal and an economic point of view. The first two days will develop economic fundamentals that link all three policy areas. The last three days will examine specific areas of interface between competition policy and the WTO agreements; the WTO regime for government procurement; the relationship between competition policy and government procurement regimes; and the legal and negotiating context for carrying forward work in these areas internationally.