The Uruguay round : an assessment /

This user-friendly assessment of the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, certainly the best available today, follows the pattern of the Institute for International Economics's equally good earlier assessment of the NAFTA initiative. The volume is short, to the point, analytically sound, and easy to read. It begins with an account of the historical background of the Uruguay Round, its tortuous negotiating and political history, its results, and the mandate for the new World Trade Organization as successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Schott and Buurman provide a careful and balanced assessment of the Uruguay Round scorecard with respect to agriculture, textiles and apparel, tariffs, government procurement, antidumping, subsidies and countervailing measures, safeguards in the event of import surges, services, foreign direct investment, intellectual property, and dispute settlement. There is a succinct summary of the Uruguay Round agreements themselves. Appendixes deal with US implementation of legislation and models that may be used in assessing the impact of such global trade liberalization efforts. Comprehensive references and index. A must for college and university libraries. I. Walter; New York University