Competition: UNCTAD Series on Issues in International Investment Agreements

This paper, part of a series on issues in international investment agreements (IIAs), examines how competition issues are addressed in IIAs and other instruments, including key policy aspects related to the definition of restrictive business practices, extraternitoriality and international co-operation in procedural issues, and harmonisation measures; as well as different approaches to competition policy for economic development in individual countries, and options available when drafting competition provisions.