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Trade and Competition

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More on International Antitrust and Pro Sports Leagues

It's probably clear to regular readers by now that I like sports. I work sports issues into this blog whenever I can find a conceivable connection to IEL. I recently came across two more such issues, both related to international aspects of antitrust, although it has taken me

High Gas Prices, OPEC and the WTO

It has been a while since we talked about the possibility of a WTO complaint against OPEC. Given the recent increase in gas prices, I was a bit surprised that it took the U.S. Presidential campaigns so long to raise the issue, but at long last here is something

Play Ball: MLB and the WTO

With the U.S. professional baseball season under way this week, I was happy to come across a reason for a blog post about baseball. A Time magazine article reports that Japan's professional baseball league is complaining about the trade impact of Major League Baseball (MLB), after MLB

The Champagne Cartel

There's always a lot of talk about the OPEC oil cartel, even in the trade context, but what about the French champagne cartel: A looming shortage of the bubbly French wine, spurred by limits on grape production and rising demand in the U.S., Japan, and the U.