Contents
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Authors and Conference Participants
Preface
Part I: Introduction
State Trading in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview / Petros C. Mavroidis and Thomas Cottier
Part II: The Relevant Legal Framework
1. Article XVII GATT: An Overview / William J. Davey
2. Dealing with Monopolies and State Enterprises: WTO Rules for Goods and Services / Aaditya Mattoo
3. GATT Law on State Trading Enterprises: Critical Evaluation of Article XVII and Proposals for Reform / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
4. The Treatment of Activities of State Trading Enterprises under the WTO Subsidies Rules / Gary N. Horlick and Kristin Heim Mowry
5. The WTO Antidumping Agreement and the Economies in Transition / N. David Palmeter
6. Technology and State Enterprise in the WTO / Frederick M. Abbott
7. Comments / Werner Zdouc
Part III: Regional Experience
8. EC Rules on State Monopolies and Public Undertakings: Any Relevance for the WTO? / Jacques H. J. Bourgeois
9. State Trading Enterprises and Multilateral Trade Rules: The Canadian Experience / Robert Howse
10. State Trading in the United States / Diane P. Wood
11. The Role of Articles 37 and 90 ECT in the Integration of EC Markets: The Case of Utilities / André Sapir
12. State Trading in Japan / Mitsuo Matsushita
13. Privatisation in the OECD Area: The Main Issues and Lessons / Stilpon Nestor
14. State Trading in China / William Martin and Christian Bach
15. State Trading in Russia / Vladimir Drebentsov and Constantine Michalopoulos
16. National Experiences in State Trading: Comments / Ichiro Araki
Part IV: Conceptual Issues
17. State Trading: Rule Making Alternatives for Entities with Exclusive Rights / Bernard M. Hoekman and Patrick Low
18. Has Article 90 ECT Prejudged the Status of Property Ownership? / Petros C. Mavroidis and Patrick A. Messerlin
19. Comments / Damien J. Neven
20. Auctions as a Trade Policy Instrument / Toni Haniotis
21. Comment on Toni Haniotis' "Auctions as a Trade Policy Instrument" / Henrik Horn
Part V: Conclusions
22. Conclusions: The Reach of Modern International Trade Law / Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis
Annexes
A. The Legal Texts
B. Transcript of Roundtable Discussion