英文摘要 |
The continuous growth in Taiwan from 1970s led the economy and industries to confront the eventual economic liberalization that inevitably followed. Given that the exiting industrial policies might no longer be justifiable and applicable to meet changes brought about by the development of the economic liberalization, the Fair Trade Law, which integrated the concept and features of market competition that allow domestic industries to align with and adapt to the new challenges, has to be fundamentally legislated. During the process of legislating Fair Trade Law, its purpose and role have undergone a huge change to match the development and liberalization of the economy. In an attempt to shed light on its role in the relationship between the Fair Trade Law and industrial policy, this paper investigates the drafting process of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Law and its implication in the context of policy debate in the 1980s. This study found evidence to suggest that during the period of opening up domestic market and economic liberalization, in addition to the exiting industrial policy, the government attempted to employ the Fair Trade Law to curb large foreign multi-national corporations in Taiwan from carrying out mergers and acquisitions and malicious dumping. The result of this study also suggests that the legislation of Fair Trade Law, heavily promoted by the government at that time, not only to complemented the industrial policy but was found to embed control characteristics. |