Combining theoretical analysis with insights derived from interactions with trade negotiators, this book analyzes the issues surrounding the creation of new 'trade rules', addressing trade topics including the trade and development linkage

Preface -- Raymond Vernon / Roger B. Porter -- PART ONE, Introduction and Overview. 1. Efficiency, equity, and legitimacy : the global trading system in the twenty-first century / Roger B. Porter -- 2. Dark clouds over Geneva? : the troubled prospects of the multilateral trading system / Pierre...

World trade is not only an economic but also a social, political, environmental, labor and legal matter. Economists and government planners aim at finding the efficient trade policy which enhances economic welfare and growth in a more harmonious and sustainable way.This book contains 12 articles...

World trade is not only an economic but also a social, political, environmental, labor and legal matter. Economists and government planners aim at finding the efficient trade policy which enhances economic welfare and growth in a more harmonious and sustainable way. This book contains 12...

The prospective WTO Millennium Round of negotiations will highlight critical economic issues regarding the application and implementation of the WTO rules to international trade in goods and services. In this book, a distinguished group of academic experts considers the agenda and areas of...