Extraterritorial Application of Antitrust- The Case of a Small Economy: Israel

This chapter analyzes the tools available to Israel to tackle international antitrust issues. The chapter is organized as follows. The second section analyzes the current international antitrust regime in Israel. The analysis raises interesting theoretical and practical issues that are relevant to all jurisdictions that apply their domestic laws to foreign firms. The third section analyzes the regime from a wider perspective and focuses on the practical aspects of antitrust enforcement. The next section analyzes some of the implications of the findings for international antitrust and suggests some ways that small economies can adopt in order to play a more effective role in the international antitrust arena.