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...

Biographical note : prof dr Peter LH van den Bossche -- Restoring trust in trade: introduction / Jens Hillebrand Pohl, Iveta Alexovičová and Denise Prévost -- Effecting global economic governance through the WTO : one step at a time / Mary E Footer -- Trade policies in support of inclusive...

Alfred Maizels' work on commodity trade and prices documented trends in a major area of international economic relations. This title elaborates the ideas in the tradition of Maizels' contributions, and discusses and extends these theories in relation to current problems