Research Handbook on Asian Competition Law

Edited by Steven Van Uytsel, Professor of International Business Law, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Shuya Hayashi, Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of law, Japan and John O. Haley, William R. Orthwein Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, Washington University in St. Louis, US

• Contents:Preface Introduction to the Research Handbook on Asian Competition Law xiiiSteven Van Uytsel, Shuya Hayashi and John O. HaleyPART I COMPETITION LAW IN ASIA: BACKGROUND PERSPECTIVES1 Adopting competition law in Asia: an increasingly complex reality 2Steven Van Uytsel2 The proliferation of competition law in Asia: from forced adoption to anintegration project 25Steven Van UytselPART II EARLY ASIAN COMPETITION LAWS AND THEIRCONTINUOUS SEARCH FOR THEIR IDENTITY: JAPAN,TAIWAN AND KOREA3 The Japanese competition law in its own way: a historical review of theAMA and its characteristics 44Shuya Hayashi, Kunlin Wu and Xiaoyu Ma4 The evolution of fair and free competition law in the Republic of Korea 65Yo Sop Choi5 Political, economic and legal driving forces shaping the developmentalcontours of competition law: the experience of Taiwan 81Andy C.M. ChenPART III ASIAN COMPETITION LAWS AT A CROSSROAD:INDONESIA, THAILAND AND VIETNAM6 Indonesian competition law: up for renewal 100Sih Yuliana Wahyuningtyas7 Competition law in Thailand: in transition to an operational law 118Sakda Thanitcul8 Vietnam’s competition law adoption: from passive to active 134Ly Huong LuuPART IV EUROPEAN COMPETITION LAW AS THE MAINSOURCE OF INSPIRATION: SINGAPORE, HONG KONG,MALAYSIA AND CHINA9 Competition law in Singapore: the first decade 151Burton Ong10 Hong Kong competition law and legal transplant 168Thomas K. Cheng11 Legal transplant: giving life to Malaysia’s competition regime 181May Fong Cheong, Joshua Beni Chris Teoh and Esther Li Ean Khoo12 Retrospective and prospects of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law 209Xiaoye WangPART V A FUSION OF DIFFERENT COMPETITION LAW MODELS:THE PHILIPPINES, LAOS, MYANMAR AND CAMBODIA13 The Philippine competition law dilemma: US–EU fusion to tension? 233Alizedney M. Ditucalan14 Competition law in Laos: evaluating its potential for effective enforcement 281Steven Van Uytsel and Somsack Hongvichit15 A legal transplant made unnecessarily complex: the MyanmarCompetition Law 303Steven Van Uytsel16 The journey to the Cambodian competition law 321David Fruitman and Meng SongkheangIndex 337

'This is an important book that brings together many top Asian competition law researchers to identify cutting edge issues in Asian competition law. It offers a critical and nuanced view of the complexities of competition law in the region.'--D. Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Levin College of Law, US