Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-334) and index.

Contents: The Environment and agricultural trade: Agricultural trade and the environment: issues and challenges -- Climate change and the Kyoto Accord: implications for agricultural trade agreements -- The World Trade Organization and the environment -- Agricultural biotechnology, the environment and international trade regulation -- State trading enterprises and the WTO: Implications for state trading in the next WTO negotiations -- State trading enterprises, price discrimination and the WTO -- State trading enterprises and the WTO: importing versus exporting -- The Competitive impacts of state trading enterprises -- Regional trade agreements: Regional trade agreements and agriculture: a post-seattle assessment -- The European Union and Eastern Europe -- APEC and agriculture: integrating liberalization and capacity-building policies -- Nontrade concerns: Mulfunctionality: an examination of the issues and remedies -- Rural policy -- Labeling and consumer issues in international trade -- The WTO agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures: a catalyst for regulatory reform? -- The Future of Agricultural trade.