Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Transport and Trade Facilitation: An Overview -- Regional Trading Blocs -- Overview -- Transport and Trade Facilitation -- The Components of an Advanced TTF System -- Lessons Learned -- 2. Transport and Trade in the North American Free Trade Agreement -- NAFTA: The Scope and Evolution of Trade Integration -- Overview of NAFTA -- Transportation and Trade Facilitation under NAFTA -- Economic Deregulation: Prerequisite for Seamless Cross-Border Transportation -- Rules of the Road: The Complex Problem of Technical Regulation -- Borders as Barriers -- Conclusion and Lessons Learned -- 3. Transport Integration in the European Union -- Historical Overview -- Institutions of the European Union -- Transportation in the European Union -- Interoperability -- Market Access -- Developing Trans-European Networks -- Conclusions -- 4. Transport and Trade in Mercosur -- Treaty of Asuncion -- Mercosur Partners and Their Evolving Integration -- Transport Privatization and Deregulation -- Transport Privatization in Argentina -- Transport Infrastructure -- Transport Integration and Activity Restructuring -- 5. Southern African Development Community: The Maputo Corridor -- The Maputo Development Corridor -- The Development Corridor Concept -- History and Context of MDC -- Plan, Operation, and Potential Benefits -- Institutional Problems -- 6. Transport, Logistics, and Trade Facilitation in the South Asia Subregion -- Profile of the Subregion -- Transportation and Logistics Arrangements in the Subregion -- Transport Infrastructure -- Cross-Border Procedures -- Ports -- Conclusion -- 7. Urbanization and Regional Trade in South Asia: Issues and Options -- Globalization of Trade and the Economic Geography of City Location -- Changes in Demographics and Income Disparities in Cities and Countries -- Urbanization.

Decentralization and Governance -- Good Governance and Cities' Comparative Advantages -- Measures of the Importance of Local Governments -- Potential Challenges -- Conclusions -- 8. Rotterdam: A Strategic Hub in the Global Trade-Transport Chain -- From Fishing Port to European Mainport -- Rotterdam: A Statistical and Economic Profile -- Rotterdam: Strategic Positioning in the Global Transport Networks -- Conclusions -- References.