

RFMLR
- Mar 21, 2021
- 7 min
ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES AND ANTI-COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOUR: THE IRONY
This guest post is authored by Mr. Lokesh Bulchandani (Associate, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys) and Ms. Divya Swamy (Advocate, Delhi High Court). 1. INTRODUCTION Trade remedies are policy tools that governments can utilise against distortions caused by imports to the domestic industry through international trade.[i] The World Trade Organization recognises three main types of import restraints as trade remedies provided for in the Agreements on Implementation of Articl


RFMLR
- Mar 16, 2021
- 7 min
THE TUSSLE BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW AND EU INVESTMENT LAW – END OF INTRA EU BITS?
This post is authored by Shambhavi Sinha, a 4th-year student of B.B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) at Symbiosis Law School, Pune. 1. INTRODUCTION Bilateral Investments Agreements (“BITs”) where both the parties are nations of the European Union (“EU”) are termed as Intra – EU BITs. The fate of such agreements is doomed as 23 out of 27 members of the European Union signed the Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties between the Member States of the European Union (“Term


RFMLR
- Mar 1, 2021
- 7 min
AFTERMARKET MONOPOLISATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHICAGO AND POST-CHICAGO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT (II)
This two-part post is authored by Ayushi Dubey and Yash Jain, 4th-year students of B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. The first part can be accessed here. In this part, the authors analyse the jurisprudence of aftermarket in the European Union and the United States. The authors further discuss the position of the Indian competition regime in cases of aftermarket monopolization. Lastly, the authors suggest a viable approach to handle the co


RFMLR
- Mar 1, 2021
- 7 min
AFTERMARKET MONOPOLISATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHICAGO AND POST-CHICAGO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT (I)
This two-part post is authored by Ayushi Dubey and Yash Jain, 4th-year students of B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) at the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. The second part can be accessed here. 1. INTRODUCTION Aftermarket is a market for the products peripheral to the primary product. In other words, “it is a special kind of antitrust market consisting of unique replacement parts, post-warranty service or other consumables specific to some primary product. It refers to markets