Cover page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Preliminary issues and basic considerations -- Section 1: The current performance of the world trade system and theworld trade organisation -- 2. The present legal basis of the world trade system -- 3. The agreement on technical barriers to trade and basic aspects of the agreement on the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures -- 4. The producer support estimate and the aggregate measure of support Suitable gauges for evaluating agricultural and trade policy? -- Section 2: The theory of international trade -- 5. A few remarks on trade theory -- 6. Free trade and its effects: Some critical comments -- Section 3: International trade: Agricultural and environmental aspects -- 7. International trade on the rise: A brief introduction -- 8. Sustainability: A challenge for future economic and social policy -- 9. Agriculture, trade and the environment -- 10. The special case of agriculture -- 11. Reasons for measures aimed at the stabilisation of production and markets in the agricultural sector -- 12. Important factors influencing future scenarios regarding food supplies, world population and environment -- 13. Environmental issues and their significance for agriculture and the food industry -- 14. Analysis of current developments in international agricultural trade* -- 15. The world trade organisation and agenda 2000 -- Section 4: Theoretical propositions for harmonising sustainable agriculture and free trade -- 16. Solutions within the existing theoretical framework: Environmental and trade policy measures -- 17. Ecological economics as a new integrative approach -- 18. Conclusions and proposals for solutions -- 19. Final remarks -- Abbreviations.