2 Growing Importance of Competition Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific. Increasing competition law and policy regimes in Asia-Pacific. Resources of Competition Authorities in the Region. Advocating for Competition. Competition enforcement in Asia-Pacific. Cartels and anti-competitive agreements. Unilateral conduct. Sanctions. The role for international co-operation in the rapid growth in competition activity. Conclusion. 3 Merger control in Asia-Pacific. Merger regimes in the region. Merger notification approaches. Merger Procedures. Merger activity. Conclusion. Use of economics in merger review in Asia-Pacific. 4 Economics in competition. Economics as an analytical tool for competition cases. Economics in competition in Asia-Pacific. Application of economic analysis in competition enforcement. Embedding economics in the institutional design of an authority. Conclusion. 5 Impact of COVID-19. Economic impact of COVID-19 and government restrictions. The role of competition law and policy in the road to recovery in Asia-Pacific. Conclusion