Statutory marketing boards that have exclusive authority to purchase domestic production, sell for export, and set purchase and sales prices of commodities are a type of state trading enterprise that is subject to World Trade Organization disciplines. This paper assesses a recent dispute brought...

Part I of this two-part study sets out a framework for the analysis of State trading enterprises (STEs). It emphasises their diverse nature and the imperfectly competitive markets in which many of them operate. Although State trading enterprises may be granted monopoly powers, their objectives...

La première partie de cette étude présente un cadre d’analyse des entreprises de commerce d’État. Elle souligne la diversité de leur nature et le fait qu’une concurrence imparfaite règne sur les marchés dans lesquels bon nombre d’entre elles opèrent. Bien que les entreprises de...