00615nam a2200085Ia 4500100002100000245009100021260000900112520038900121583001900510 aMASKUS, Keith E. aImplications of regional and multilateral agreements for intellectual property rights. c1997 aCompares the WTO and NAFTA agreements on intellectual property in order to illustrate economic issues surrounding the multilateral and regional approaches, and the advantages and drawbacks to each. Discusses the general question of global protection for intellectual property, and notes some recent impirical evidence on the importance of such regulations for international commerce. c3/7/00kM2LMGR