The World Trade Organization in the New Global Economy: Trade and Investment Issues in the Millennium Round

The role of the World Trade Organization in the international political economy is the subject of an introductory essay by Rugman (international business, Indiana U.) and the theme of the other 10 essays. The contributors (academics and one graduate student in economics, political science, marketing, and business in Canada, the US, and the UK) consider topics that include how the WTO can enhance the market; the WTO and the US, the EU, and Japan; trade and investment issues for developing economies; and an assessment of the riots that disrupted the 1999 WTO meeting in Seattle. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)