Antitrust Regulation Substantive Standards Of Cross-border Mergers And Acquisitions In Europe And America

Cross-border Merger & Acquisition is the core of Antitrust Law whose objective is to protect workable competition of the market. M&A is a veritable "double-edged sword": it promotes the growth of the economic, may also lead to monopolization of the market. The studies on the Antitrust Regulation of Cross-border M&A in China are still on the early phase. This paper tries to compare the substantial standards of the Antitrust Regulation of Cross-border M&A in the United States and the European Union as the most developed countries in the world, so as to provide constructive suggestions to ours. There are three chapters in this thesis, except the introduction and the conclusion:Chapter One, Fundamental Theories on Cross-border M&A and Antitrust Regulation, the contents are as follows: the definition and classifications of Cross-border M&A, the relationship between Cross-border M&A and monopoly, and introduction of Antitrust Regulation of Cross-border M&A in the United States and the European Union.Chapter Two, Comparison between Substantial Standards of Antitrust Regulation of Cross-border M&A in the United States and the European Union, the contents are as follows: the evolution of substantive standards of EU and US, and the comparison between them.Chapter Three, References to Antitrust Regulation of Cross-border M&A in China, which are concluded from the substantial standards of the antitrust regulation of Cross-border M&A in the United States and the European Union, the contents are as follows: the present situations of Cross-border M&A in China, the existing antitrust regulation and substantial standards of the antitrust regulation in China, and the references to antitrust regulation of Cross-border M&A in China.