Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Ready, Willing, and Able? -- Trial and Error in the Development of International Competition Law Enforcement Cooperation -- Need for International Competition Cooperation -- Four Axes of International Competition Cooperation -- Origins of International Competition Cooperation -- Intermediate Conclusion Part 1 -- An Assessment of the EU’s Dedicated Competition Cooperation Agreements -- Benchmarks -- First Generation Agreements: A Costly Way to Create and Maintain Momentum -- Second Generation Agreements: Ignoring Crucial Issues -- Alternatives and Complements: Workable or Not? -- Intermediate Conclusion Part 2 -- Dedicated Agreements versus Integration in a Broader Framework -- Substantive Integration: Competition in the Global Trade System—A Cautionary Tale -- Geographical Integration: The Multilateral Approach -- Intermediate Conclusion Part 3 -- Conclusion: Ready, but not Willing or Able.

While forces of globalization have created a genuine global marketplace, global rules safeguarding the competitive process in this marketplace have not emerged. International cooperation among national regulators and enforcers is therefore needed to create a competitive global business-environment. The Future of International Competition Law Enforcement , using the variety of legal instruments available to the EU as a point of departure, undertakes an original assessment of the EU's cooperation agreements in the field of competition law The work’s focus is on the bilateral sphere, often labelled as a mere 'interim-solution' awaiting a global agreement; further attention is given to competition provisions in free trade agreements as well as the main multilateral initiatives in this field, in order to determine their relative value.