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The interaction between antidumping and antitrust is a polemic issue in every integration process for both legal and economic reasons. From a legal perspective, antidumping rules allow practices such as price undertakings and quantitative trade restrictions that are forbidden by competition law. From an economic viewpoint, the two policies pursue different objectives that eventually may lead to conflicting situations. This paper summarizes the current debate about antidumping rules in the United States; it reviews the instruments used by the European Union and the U.S. government for reconciling a strong enforcement of competition laws; it highlights some peculiarities of the FTAA process; and presents the main conclusions on this topic.
