00991nam a2200121Ia 4500080001800000100004200018245004300060250001200103260002400115300001700139520069400156583001900850  a09.05.02 I615  aInternational Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO  aBusiness guide to world trading system  a2nd ed.  bITCaGenevaCHc1999  axxiv, 329 p.  aReviews developments that have taken place between 1996 and 1999.  Explains the role of WTO as a forum for negotiations and as an organisation for settling trade disputes.  Presents rules applicable to trade in goods as embodied in GATT 1994 and its associate Agreements.  Reviews the main features of the General Agreement on Trade in Services and the related commitments of member countries.  Explains rules applicable to government procurement and state trading and describes the provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.  Provides an overview of issues under discussion in the six trade-related subject areas added to the WTO work programme.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR