‘This book is an invaluable contribution to the analysis of politically important, complex and often ignored competition issues related to the global food value chain. It discusses the intellectual property regime of fertilizers and seeds, the imbalance in negotiating power along the chain that have exploitative and exclusionary effects, the horizontal concentration reinforced by mergers and the role of international trade and cartels in a number of agricultural inputs, as well as the abuses of buying power by large scale retailers. It analyzes why competition law enforcement has largely failed to deal with those issues and provides a powerful and thought provoking invitation to rethink both the goals and the instruments we use. In short, it is a must read.’
Frederic Jenny – President, OECD Competition Committee
‘This collection is a ground-breaking exploration of a quiet global economic transformation by way of Global Value Chains epitomized by the food industry. Chapter by chapter, it paints a large canvass revealing new sources of power and describes how the gains are allocated (from vulnerable to powerful, from developing to developed countries). This comprehensive book will surely prod major rethinking of the traditional paradigms of antitrust analysis to account holistically for the new global realities.’
Eleanor Fox – Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation at New York University School of Law
‘Global Food Value Chains and Competition Law has a reach that goes far beyond the specialized technical focus suggested by its title. It deals with a subject of vast practical importance: food security for humanity. It asks how the world’s population can be fed under a regime that prevents commercial intermediaries from seizing the lion’s share of the gains of this most indispensable form of trade. It explores the ways in which producers in the food-producing economies can be fairly and
