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...

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...

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 WTO and development: It is all about mercantilist game -- chapter 3 Liberalization of agricultural trade: Path to development or chasing a mirage? -- chapter 4 Deepening of the GATS: Need for cautious treading -- chapter 5 WTO and trade facilitation: Some...

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...