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This article addresses why new World Trade Organization negotiations are needed, what needs to be included on the negotiating agenda, what is in it for developed and developing countries, and how the negotiations should proceed.

Commentary on "Toward WTO 2000: A Seattle Odyssey" by Jeffrey J. Schott.

This article discusses what might be negotiated in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the World Trade Organization to promote liberalization of services markets. The author reviews rationales for engaging in multilateral trade negotiations and international cooperation, trade barriers, and options for making the GATS a more relevant instrument of regulatory reform and market access.

Commentary on "The Next Round of Services Negotiations: Identifying Priorities and Options" by Bernard Hoekman.

This article discusses both the substantive agenda for World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and the frictions that are emerging as countries take their stands. The author notes that how WTO member governments tackle the problem of mending fences and improving procedures in the next few months could well be crucial for agricultural as for other trade.

This article provides a quantitative assessment of the potential gains available from trade liberalization under the new World Trade Organization negotiations, thereby assessing whether greater enthusiasm is warranted.

Commentary on "Potential Gains from Reducing Trade Barriers in Manufacturing Services and Agriculture" by Thomas W. Hertel.

This article discusses that, because the United States has been unable to establish labor standards as an explicit aspect of the World Trade Organization (WTO) agenda, the United States is left with the option of linking labor standards to existing trade disciplines. The author notes several provisions in the WTO Agreement that could, at least potentially, provide such a link.

Commentary on "International Labor Standards in the World Trade Organization and the International Labor Organization" by Drusilla K. Brown.

This article argues that some “new issues” in the global trade negotiations belong there quite naturally. The author labels these conformable issues “market-supportive regulation” and notes that wise incorporation of these regulations into the World Trade Organization is the key to generating a new wave of “gains from trade” within and among societies.

Commentary on "The WTO and Market-Supportive Regulation: A Way Forward on New Competition Technological and Labor Issues" by J. David Richardson.