00838nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002500018245006300043260002500106300001300131520056400144583002000708  a09.05.06 B282  aBarshefsky, Charlene  aNetworked world initiative : trade policy enters a new era  b[s.n.]a[S.l.]c2000  a8 leaves  aFocuses on the adjustment of trade policy to the emergence of a new world of science and technology.  Highlights aspects of the high-tech trade policy to date viz. intellectual property rights; information technology agreement; basic telecommunications agreement; trade in services; and, electronic commerce.  Notes efforts towards the networked economy e.g. liberalization of services; efforts to ease trade in high-tech goods; encouragement for high-tech investment; and, adaptation of intellectual property policies to the 21st century and the digital era.  c12/13/00kJOY_D