00712nam a2200085Ia 4500100002100000245009500021260000900116520048200125583001900607  aSAMPSON, Gary P.  aCompatibility of regional and multilateral trading agreements : reforming the WTO process.  c1996  aPoints out that with the proliferation of regional trading agreements in recent years, there is renewed interest in whether regional agreements compete with, or complement, the multilateral trading system.  Notes that the establishment of a Committee to examine new regional agreements will improve the efficiency of the WTO working party process, and provide evidence as to whether regional agreements do indeed constitute a fragmentation of the WTO multilateral legal system.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR