reciprocity that have to be met in order to realize greater fairness in multilateral trade negotiations. Next, we comment on …

intended to remedy the gross violations of labor and human rights that accompany international trade and investment. Yet, the … creation of customs unions and free trade agreements and, more importantly, the 1971 GSP Decision permitting special and … mechanism for linking ILO-established labor standards, monitoring by the ILO, and enforcement through the threat of lost trade …

This paper explores how far free trade agreements (FTAs) have strengthened or weakened global governance of the trading … years, to assign a new importance to regional and bilateral trade agreements in their trade policies. We then consider each … of the main provisions included in FTAs and comment on how these may separately affect the management of trade relations …

International trade in services also provides an assessment of how policy makers can further bolster their service … include the reduction of barriers to services trade across all sectors and the promotion of health- and environment … the most important, because it focuses on the need to ensure trade openness, which helps ensure the access to services and …

In this paper we discuss the various aspects of the Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations in the WTO that offer … potential benefits for developing countries. We then use the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade to simulate the … services that may be negotiated in the Doha Round, as well as a variety of regional free trade agreements (FTAs). We estimate …

much of the credit and blame for it, the World Trade Organization (WTO). It first defines globalization, which is just the …

This paper assesses the major developments in U.S. trade policies since the creation of the WTO in 1995. It is based in … large measure on the fourth biannual (1996) WTO Trade Policy Review of the United States and updated through 1997. The … discussion and assessments include in particular: the major U.S. multilat-eral trade-policy issues and activities centered in the …