The Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre invites you to attend the first panel session of the 2020 CIBEL Global Network Conference. The conference is dedicated to research on the urging issues in the international business and economic law field with the theme of “COVID-19 and international economic law: China and a changing world”.
The topic of this session is “COVID-19: Will competition law and policy revert to the status quo?” and will be led by the Co-Director of CIBEL Professor Deborah Healey. This 90-minute online session will be live-streamed and open to registered audiences. The session will be made up of presentations and Q&As. Audiences will be able to ask questions.
Registration is free of charge but is essential. An online link will be sent separately on the morning of the event, so please double check your email address when register.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a clash of humanitarian and economic goals and costs and the extent of the resultant loss and damage to lives and communities is huge. Competition law and policy will be critical to ensuring that markets remain vibrant both globally and in individual jurisdictions going forward. This session will explore questions about the impact of COVID-19 and the approaches taken by regulators in Australia and China in areas such as collaboration between competitors; growth and use of market power; mergers and failing firms; and policy responses of regulators and governments to ensure that competition is protected. COVID-19 also challenges current assumptions about globalisation, government intervention in markets and the appropriate goals of competition law itself.
Professor Deborah Healey will lead a panel of eminent competition lawyers from Australia and the region to discuss these issues with particular reference to the impacts on China and Australia.
Submission to 2020 CIBEL Global Network Conference and Young Scholars Workshop is open now. Find more about CIBEL Global Network here.
