This major Handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of the key issues surrounding the rapid expansion of Latin America's manufacturing sector. It systematically examines the most important factors influencing the comparative advantages and the globalization of manufacturing industries in the region.

The WTO has increased international disciplines and sends more consistent signals than the GATT on export policy. Although there is still scope for the use of subsidies, various other measures may be useful as a transitional device towards more outward oriented policies and it is also important...

1. Origins and history -- 2. Current structure and mandate -- 3. Trade intelligence -- 4. Strategies, policies, and negotiations -- 5. Trade support institutions -- 6. Enterprise competitiveness -- 7. Facing the future.

Political changes in Eastern Europe will help to cement improving economic relations between those countries and the EC, accelerating a trend that flows in part from the continuing economic difficulties in Eastern Europe. Hungary has little alternative but to seek to continue strengthening these...