This book draws together key issues resulting from the World Trade Organisation's planned 'Millennium Round' and the hope that it will lead to freer trade as we begin this new century.

The Millennium Round of multilateral negotiations was launched at the well-publicized third World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in Seattle in December. Seattle & Beyond: The WTO Millennium Round is the ultimate guide to the many difficult & controversial issues that will arise during the planned three-year negotiations. Seattle & Beyond contains 15 chapters providing an in-depth look at the topics of E-commerce, agriculture, opening markets, competition policy, integrating labor standards, settling disputes, & much more. "This is a very useful summary & analysis of the major issues before the World Trade Organization, & deserves to be widely read." --Michael Moore, Director-General, World Trade Organization.

The editors have succeeded in bringing together an excellent mix of leading scholars and practitioners. No book on the WTO has had this wide a scope before or covered the legal framework, economic and political issues, current and would-be countries and a outlook to the future like these three volumes do. 3000 pages, 80 chapters in 3 volumes cover a very interdiscplinary field that touches upon law, economics and politics.

This book draws together key issues resulting from the World Trade Organization's planned 'Millennium Round' and the hope that it will lead to freer trade as we begin this new century.

Despite the temporary disruption to the process of multilateral trade liberalization at Seattle in December 1999, the work of the World Trade Organization (WTO) continues. This far-reaching book explores the trade and investment issues that have been outstanding in discussions at the WTO since the failure of the 1999 talks. The distinguished contributors combine structural and policy analysis for a comprehensive assessment of the trends, problems and opportunities demanding attention in multilateral trade negotiations.