Trade Liberalization, Competition and the WTO

Robert Read

ISBN 10: 1840647167 / ISBN 13: 9781840647167

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB, 2002

About this Item

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 interest for the next Round in light of Seattle, the functions of the WTO and competition policy issues arising from trade liberalization. This is followed by a focus on a wide range of WTO-specific economic issues and debates, including: state trading and state aidsregional integrationagriculture, including the EU-US banana disputeinternational investmentpatentsfinancial services.Trade Liberalization, Competition and the WTO will be of interest to academics and policymakers as well as students of international economics and global trade reform.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trade Liberalization, Competition and the WTO
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840647167
• ISBN 13: 9781840647167
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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 interest for the next Round in light of Seattle, the functions of the WTO and competition policy issues arising from trade liberalization. This is followed by a focus on a wide range of WTO-specific economic issues and debates, including:

• state trading and state aids
• regional integration
• agriculture, including the EU-US banana dispute
• international investment
• patents
• financial services.

Trade Liberalization, Competition and the WTO will be of interest to academics and policymakers as well as students of international economics and global trade reform.

About the Author

Edited by Chris Milner, Professor of International Economics, University of Nottingham and Robert Read, Senior Lecturer in International Economics, Lancaster University Management School, UK