00644nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000210001724500910003826000090012952003890013858300190052720260716043347.0  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