The articles in this collection represent a set of penetrating analyses of aspects of the negotiations underway, as well as reform proposals and adjustment processes to which CARICOM countries have been, and will be subjected for the foreseeable future. Collectively, they consider the roles of the political economist, small State diplomat, development journalist and non-State actors. They look …
This book contains about: 1. Regional assessment of the Uruguay round: Implications for the private sector 2. Regional initiatives for investment cooperation in the Pacific region 3. Issues in regional trade liberalization 4. New issues in GATT.
Over the last fifteen years there have been dramatic increases in both private and public intervention in international trade. Traditional barriers to market-based trade such as commodity cartels and tariffs have been augmented by new developments such as the rise of regional trade blocs and the growth of intra-firm trade. This book argues that these changes are large and persistent enough to h…
This book contains about: 1. Developments in the Uruguay round negotiations on trade in services 2. Services, trade and development 3. Women in service: Asian context 4. Trade in services in Malaysia: Construction and engineering, and medical services etc.
This book contains about: 1. Strengthening service sectors in Asia and the Pacific: An overview 2. Professional business services in ASEAN and the Uruguay round trade negotiations 3. Computer software and computer services in five Asian countries etc.
This book offers a rigorous and accessible review of the work of the GATT since its inception, and an assessment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which succeeded it in 1995. It explains the historical evolution that led the community of nations to create an organization in 1948 to promote free trade. It compares the founding principles of the GATT and the WTO with the various forms of prot…