The 1974 Trade Act gives the US President extensive authority to engage in multilateral trade negotiations in the framework of GATT. The following article offers a survey of the provisions of the Act and discusses its possible impact on international trade relations.

Japan's metamorphosis from a less developed country to one of the world's most important industrial nations was closely connected with increasing foreign pressures. Where did they result from and what will be their consequences for the country's economic policy?

Mergers in the American Banking Business Problems and Trends Starting from the increasing number of bank mergers in the past 15 years, the first chapter of this monograph gives a survey of the latest developments in the pertinent legislation of the United States. In particular, the Bank Merger...