This paper aims to help Asian trade negotiators by examining the processes and results of the Uruguay Round. Analysts argue that trade negotiations are based on mercantilistic rules. But the actual outcome of the Uruguay Round suggests that trade bargaining was not based on strict reciprocity....

In this paper we provide a simple model of an emerging market like China. We attempt to capture two characteristics of an emerging market: The simultaneous presence of market failures and government failures. In this model, we study the national welfare properties of four types of governance or...

Krugman (1991, 1997) argues that international trade negotiations are based on mercantilist rules. Bhagwati (1988, 1995) highlights how nations are obsessed with reciprocity in their bargaining. Based on studying the trade negotiations process and the results of the Uruguay Round, we provide...