This volume is the fifth in a an annual series in which top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Each annual volume examines key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade arrangements and policy developments at the national level. Each volume also provides assessments of the World Trade Organization's current Trade Policy Reviews.
This volume is the fifth in a an annual series in which top economists provide a concise and accessible evaluation of major developments in trade and trade policy. Each annual volume examines key issues pertinent to the multinational trading system, as well as regional trade arrangements and policy developments at the national level. Each volume also provides assessments of the World Trade Organization's current Trade Policy Reviews.
Peter Lloyd is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne. Chris Milner is Professor of International Economics at the School of Economics, The University of Nottingham.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Editorial Introduction: Peter Lloyd and Chris Milner.
Institutional Focus.
2. The World Bank Policies Towards Trade and Trade ReformPolicy: Anne O. Kreueger and Sarath Rajapatirana.
3. WTO Trade Policy Review Mechanism: From through the LookingGlass: Sam Laird.
Regional Focus.
4. Whither the Free Trade Area of the Americas?: Jeffrey Schottand Gary Hufbauer.
5. The Free Trade Area of the Americas: A Latin AmericanPerspective: José Tavares De Araujo Jr and José M.Salazar-Xirinachs.
Trade Policy Reviews.
6. The WTO Trade Policy Reviews of India, 1998: ArvindPanagariya.
7. Beyond Transparency: An Analysis of the Trade Policy Reviewof the European Union: P. K. M. Tharakan.
Special Features.
8. WTO Accession Issues: Rolf J. Langhammer and MatthiasLücke.
9. Competition Policy, Developing Countries and THE wto: BernardHoekman and Peter Holmes.
10. Trade and Competition: An Industrial Economist'sPerspective: Stephen Martin.
