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57 Antitrust Bull. 485 (2012)
International Signals: The Political Dimension of International Competition Law

handle is hein.journals/antibull57 and id is 515 raw text is: THE ANTITRUST BULLETIN: Vol. 57, No. 3/Fall 2012 : 485 nternational signals: The political dimension of international competition law BY GEOFFREY A. MANNE* AND SETH WEINBERGER** Although many states have advocated for the internationalization of antitrust laws, the United States has resisted a multilateral solution. We place the conflict over antitrust laws within the larger framework of international relations and draw out some novel implications of the debate by connecting the harmonization of international economic laws with the promotion of international peace and security. The harmonization of global antitrust laws is imbued with a political dimension that confers political benefits on the United States. By crafting institutions in which other parties must alter their domestic political structures, the United States receives a credible commitment from other states of their willingness to bear the domestic costs of adherence to the specific agreement under * Lecturer in Law, Lewis & Clark Law School; Executive Director, Inter- national Center for Law & Economics. ** Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Government, Univer- sity of Puget Sound. AUTHORS' NOTE: We have received extremely helpful comments and advice from Andrew Guzman, Tad Lipsky, Anne Layne-Farrar, Joshua Wright, Danny Sokol, and participants in several workshops and presentations, including presentations at the International Studies Association, University of Washington Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, and the Korean Law & Economics Association. Ian Boisvert and Angela Diveley provided invaluable research assistance. All errors are our own. All dollar amounts are U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. @ 2012 by Federal Legal Publications, Inc.

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