The paper discusses the most important elements of an institutional order for a globalizing world economy. Rules for the exchange of goods, for factor movements, for the monetary domain and for the allocation of the environment are distinguished. It is analyzed in which direction these rules...

The paper analyzes the relationship between trade policy and environmental protection. National and global environmental issues are distinguished. In principle, there is no conflict between an institutional order for international trade and national environmental policy. Protectionism against...

Im Zentrum: Regeln für den Güteraustausch Das GATT, das zentrale Regelwerk für den internationalen Handel mit dem Ziel, strategisches Verhalten einzelner Länder zu erschweren und kooperatives Verhalten zu stärken, muß weiterentwickelt und gefestigt werden. Das multilaterale Handelssystem...