Strategic Sovereignty: Chips, China, and Global Market Contestability

Geoffrey A. Manne, Harry G. Broadman, Juliana Oliveira Domingues, A. Douglas Melamed, & Pierre Régibeau April 2, 2026

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At the International Center for Law & Economics’ March 13 conference in Rome—“Substance over Slogans: Competition and the Wealth of Nations”—Thibault Schrepel opened with a critique of slogan-driven antitrust. The first panel, “Strategic Sovereignty: Chips, China, and Global Market Contestability,” featured Geoffrey A. Manne, Harry Broadman, Juliana Oliveira Domingues, A. Douglas Melamed, and Pierre Régibeau, and emphasized evidence-based law & economics in analyzing digital markets, supply chains, and technological change.

The discussion then turned to geopolitics and its influence on competition policy. Panelists considered whether antitrust should incorporate national security and industrial policy or remain analytically distinct. Views diverged, but the group largely agreed the consumer welfare standard must endure. The harder question is institutional: how to preserve rule-of-law-driven antitrust in a more political, state-interventionist global economy.

Video of the full panel is embedded below.