Von der internationalen Handels- zur Wettbewerbsordnung

The Uruguay Round was concluded in 1994 after more than seven years of eventful negotiations. The aim of the negotiations was to stem neoprotectionism and reform GATT. An additional aim was to adapt the world trade order to increased interdependence in the world economy. For this purpose, the areas of services and intellectual property rights were to be extended, while exceptional areas such as textiles and agricultural trade were to be reintegrated.
The contributions made and papers read at a HWWA Institut conference on this topic deal not only with the question of what was actually achieved with the Uruguay round, how its results should be assessed and what the impact is likely to be. They also investigate the extent of the new priorities in trade policy. The topics dealt with in this volume also include questions which constitute the future trade policy agenda of the newly created World Trade Organization (WTO), e.g. protection of the environment, social standards and an international competition order. The volume also contains a German translation of the Draft International Antitrust Code (DIAC) with the aid of which, along with other approaches, multilateral rules governing international competition are to be established.