00741nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000210001724500950003826000090013352004820014258300190062420260716043336.0  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