The WTO as an international organization / ed. by Anne O. Krueger.

Papers presented at the Conference on the World Trade Organization as anInternational Institution held at Stanford University in Dec. 1996.

The capacity of the WTO to fulfill its mandate / Richard Blackhurst -- The WTO in relation to the Fund and the Bank : competencies, agendas, and linkages / David Vines. Comment : The linkages of the World Bank with the GATT/WTO / Julio J. Nogués -- International agencies and cross-border liberalization : the WTO in context / David Henderson. Comment / Douglas Irwin -- International institutions and domestic policies : GATT, WTO, and the liberalization of international trade / Judith Goldstein. Comment / Jean Baneth -- Designing and implementing effective dispute settlement procedures : WTO dispute settlement, appraisal and prospects / John H. Jackson -- The United States, the ITO, and the WTO : exit options, agent slack, and presidential leadership / John Odell and Barry Eichengreen -- Domestic policy objectives and the multilateral trade order : lessons from the past / Frieder Roessler -- Environmental and labor standards : what role for the WTO? / Kym Anderson -- Greater coherence in global economic policymaking : a WTO perspective / Gary P. Sampson. Comment / Jean Baneth -- Reaching effective agreements covering services / Richard H. Snape. Comment / Robert E. Baldwin -- Imposing multilateral discipline on administered protection / Robert E. Baldwin -- Regionalism and the WTO : is nondiscrimination passé? / T. N. Srinivasan -- The role of the WTO for economies in transition / Jaroslaw Pietras. Comment / Constantine Michalopoulos -- What can the WTO do for developing countries? / J. Michael Finger and L. Alan Winters. Comment / Alan Hirsch -- An sgenda for the WTO / Anne O. Krueger.