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Is the Korea Fair Trade Commission Abusing the Provision for Abuse of Superior Trading Position?: A Critical Analysis of the Act on Fair Intermediary Trade of Online Platforms

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  • Na Youngsoog

    (Department of Economics , Korea University, Seoul, South Korea)

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This paper examines the economic impact of the abuse of superior trading position (ASTP) provision within Korea’s draft Act on Fair Intermediary Trade of Online Platforms (AFITOP). The AFITOP, proposed as part of competition law reform in the digital era, applies to large online platform operators providing intermediary services. While derived from the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (MRFTA), the ASTP provision’s goal to protect the economically weak is secondary to the MRFTA’s primary goal of efficiency. Furthermore, the provision’s interpretative uncertainties burden enterprises, especially large ones and those exploring new business models. Including this provision in the AFITOP is likely to reduce innovation incentives among large online platform operators, and to foster enforcement bias toward the ASTP provision by the Korea Fair Trade Commission, thereby increasing inefficiency in competition law enforcement. Therefore, the ASTP provision in the AFITOP should not be introduced.

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  • Na Youngsoog, 2024. "Is the Korea Fair Trade Commission Abusing the Provision for Abuse of Superior Trading Position?: A Critical Analysis of the Act on Fair Intermediary Trade of Online Platforms," Asian Journal of Law and Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 15(3), pages 433-464.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:ajlecn:v:15:y:2024:i:3:p:433-464:n:1005
    DOI: 10.1515/ajle-2023-0176
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