Is the World Ready for Free Trade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9819622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles R Carlisle (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 113 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7120 • E-ISSN: 2327-7793 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/20047833 |
| OpenAlex | W2548779879 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
How to move forward on liberalizing global trade? By incremen tal steps of an already agreed-upon agenda or by one great leap to free trade in a grand new negotiation? This question arises as trade ministers from the World Trade Organization's 120 member coun tries prepare to meet in Singapore in December to chart the course of further trade liberalization. This will be their first gathering since they met in Marrakesh in April 1994 to bring gatt's Uruguay Round of negotiations to a successful conclusion. A long series of preparatory meetings at the wto's headquarters in Geneva, which began in the spring and may continue until the eve of the Singapore conference, has foreshadowed what will probably hap pen in December. They suggest that the world is not ready for a leap to global free trade by a set date early in the next century. Unless an important issue disappears during the preparatory work, the ministers will be asked to decide four major questions. Three of these, although potentially important to the long-term development of the trading system, raise collateral issues not directly related to trade liberalization. There is perhaps a 50-50 chance that the wto will decide to address, although not through negotiations, the question of international rules for investment and the new question of competi tion policy, covering government and industry practices that restrict
Business · Collateral · Commercial policy · Economics · Free trade · Globalization · Government (linguistics · International economics · International trade · Investment (military · Liberalization · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Work (physics · World trade · Engineering · Global trade and economics · Law
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| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
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