| | Preface | |
| | Acknowledgments | |
| | Acronyms | |
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| | I | Contemporary Trade Webs | 1 |
| | II | The Legal Infrastructure | 13 |
| Ch. 2 | The Setting | 15 |
| | I | Economic Conditions in the Developing World | 16 |
| | II | Qualification as a "Developing Nation" | 31 |
| | III | Economics of Trade | 32 |
| Ch. 3 | Mechanisms for Trade Control | 39 |
| | I | Techniques to Limit Imports | 39 |
| | II | Devices Used to Increase Exports | 47 |
| | III | Commodity Agreements | 51 |
| | IV | Textiles and the Multi-Fiber Arrangement | 57 |
| | V | Voluntary Export Restraints (VERs) | 59 |
| | VI | Other Mechanisms Affecting Imports and Exports | 60 |
| | VII | Regional Integration | 62 |
| | VIII | Foreign Exchange | 71 |
| Ch. 4 | Organizational Patterns in International Trade - Worldwide | 75 |
| | I | Gatt-Wto | 75 |
| | II | Other Worldwide Trade Organizations | 96 |
| Ch. 5 | Organizational Patterns in International Trade - Regional | 101 |
| | I | Linkage with the GATT/WTO Regime | 103 |
| | II | Economic Integration Associations | 104 |
| Ch. 6 | Non-Reciprocal Trade Structures | 301 |
| | I | Multilateral Regimes | 301 |
| | II | Unilateral Arrangements | 337 |
| Ch. 7 | Global Dismantling of Barriers to Trade in Merchandise | 365 |
| | I | Tariffs | 365 |
| | II | Norms Applicable to all Goods | 366 |
| | III | Special Sectors | 434 |
| Ch. 8 | Some Final Thoughts | 457 |
| | I | Observations | 458 |
| | II | Necessary Changes | 476 |
| | III | Other Key Issues for Developing Nations | 479 |
| Annex A | World Trade Organization | 503 |
| Annex B | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) | 507 |
| Annex C | Principal Regional Integration Associations: Members | 511 |
| Annex D | Other Trade Arrangements: Members | 519 |
| Annex E | United Nations Common Fund for Commodities: Members | 525 |
| Annex F | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Members | 527 |
| Annex G | Group of 77: Members | 529 |
| Annex H | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): Members | 531 |
| Annex I | Regional Trade Agreements Notified to the GATT/WTO and in Force as of February 1999 | 533 |
| | Sources of Additional Information | 537 |
| | Index | 541 |
