9.15.2009

Françafrique casts shadow in Gabon, Madagascar, and Mauritania

Recent violence in Gabon and Madagascar, and a contested election in Mauritania, have added fuel to the idea that France 's influence looms large in the political arenas of her former African colonies, where it still has wide-ranging political and economic interests. This notion is often referred to as Françafrique.

Morocco: Child Labor Under the Spotlight

A young girl is suffering in a hospital, bruised and beaten. Sent to work as a domestic servant at the age of 10, Zineb Chtit knew no other life than the one she had, working for affluent employers who beat her and refused her food.  As A Moroccan About the World Around Him described her injuries in a recent post:

中國反壟斷法

中國反壟斷法
引言: 經由15年來不間斷的修改商擬,中國大陸終於2007年8月30日正式通過「反壟斷法」並於2008年8月1日生效期待透過此法強化自1993年以來所建制競爭法規範,並完善社會主義市場經濟體制與維護自由與公平競爭秩序,可謂里程碑之重點法律我國並無所謂的反壟斷法」,相關商業競爭等法條則係由公平交易法來規範。其中部份內容實與中國大陸的反壟斷法」相當雷同。
文除概略介紹中國大陸新實施反壟斷法」並進一步的將其與我國公平交易法作概略的比較。
關鍵字: 反壟斷法,反壟斷委員會,壟斷協議,濫用市場支配地位 經營者集中,公平交易法,事業結合,獨佔事業,聯合行為