TY - JOUR T1 - State Aid and Public Private Partnerships – Containing the Threat to Free Markets and Competition A1 - Bovis, Christopher PY - 2010 N2 - I. Introduction Concerns regarding free trade and competition are ongoing and continuous attempts are made to limit obstacles thereto. They formed part of the agenda during discussions for the creation of an International Trade Organisation in the late 1940s, reflecting concerns informed by the behaviour of German cartels and Japanese zaibatsu in the pre-war period that international cartel and restrictive business practices block market access. In th JF - European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review JA - European Procurement & Public Private Partnership Law Review VL - 5 IS - 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.21552/EPPPL/2010/3/105 M3 - doi:10.21552/EPPPL/2010/3/105 ER -