Trade Liberalization, Competition and the WTO

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

• Contents:1 Introduction: the GATT Uruguay Round, trade liberalization and the WTOChris Milner and Robert ReadPART I TRADE LIBERALIZATION2 Multilateral market access negotiations in goods and servicesSam Laird3 Agricultural trade reform after the Asian recession: a bridge too far? Rod Tyers and Yongzheng Yang4 The implications of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) for the banking sector in the Gulf RegionVictor Murinde and Cillian Ryan5 Options for regional integration in Southern Africa David EvansPART II COMPETITION6 Trade and competition in the new WTO Round Peter Holmes7 New rules for international investment: the case for a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI) at the WTO Alan M. Rugman8 Trade liberalization and state aid in the European Union David Collie9 State trading, agriculture and the WTO Steve McCorriston and Donald MacLarenPART III THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION10 The WTO agenda and the developing countries Sam Laird11 The EU–US WTO banana dispute and the evolution of the EU banana trade regime Robert Read12 The influence of the WTO on patenting activities in China Derek Bosworth and Deli YangIndex