Trade Liberalization, Competition and the WTO

Abstract

Introduction - the GATT Uruguay Round, trade liberalization and the WTO, Chris Milner and Robert Read. Part 1 Trade liberalization: multilateral market access negotiations in goods and services, Sam Laird - levels and patterns of tariff protection, levels and patterns of non-tariff measures (NTMs) in goods, levels and patterns of non-tariff measures (NTMs) in services, liberalization strategies - market access, liberalization strategies - transparency, liberalization strategies - rules issues agricultural trade reform after the Asian recession - a bridge too far?, Rod Tyers and Yongzheng Yang - the Asian recession and agricultural markets, the model of the Asian recession, medium-run effects of the Asian recession, Asian recession effects and the scale of agricultural trade reform, conclusion the implications of the General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) for the banking sector, Victor Murinde and Cillian Ryan - trade theory and trade in financial services, the main provision of the GATS and trade liberalization, the efficiency of banking systems in the Gulf Region, conclusion and concluding issues options for regional integration in Southern Africa, David Evans - the institutional framework for regional economic integration, regional integration in Southern Africa - an overview, methodology used in the study, the regional integration options for Southern Africa in detail, quantifying the options, concluding remarks. Part 2 Competition: trade and competition in the new WTO round, Peter Holmes - the background to the trade and competition debate, why competition policy is an international issue, the case for an international competition agreement, the current legal position on international competition policy, where do negotiations on an international competition policy stand?, conclusions - competition policy and the new WTO round new rules for international investment - the case for a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) at the WTO, Alan M. Rugman - the political nature of the MAI, a framework for the MAI, the MAI at the OECD, the MAI and NAFTA, the power of NGOs, analysis of the NGOs' role in the MAI, NAFTA and the MAI, conclusions trade liberalization and state aid in the European Union, David Collie -the basic model of state aid, the outcome with state aid, the outcome when state aid is prohibited, numerical calculations of the critical values of opportunity cost, conclusions state trading, agriculture and the WTO, Steve McCorriston and Donald MacLaren - what are state trading enterprises (STEs)?, the incidence of state trading enterprises (STEs), the impact of STEs on competition - the case of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB), the impact of STEs on competition - the case of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) state trading enterprises and the WTO, conclusions. Part 3 The World Trade Organization (WTO): the WTO agenda and the developing countries, Sam Laird - the interests of the developing counties, implementation of the result