Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Authors and Conference Participants -- Preface -- Intellectual Property: Trade, Competition, and Sustainable Development - An Overview -- Part I: Intellectual Property in the Multilateral Trading System -- 1. From Negative to Positive Integration in the WTO: The TRIPS Agreement and the WTO Constitution -- 2. The Triangle of TRIPs, GATT and GATS -- 3. Comments on the Paper Presented -- 4. Comments on the Paper Presented -- 5. Comments on the Papers Presented -- 6. The First Five Years (1995-1999): Implementing and Enforcing TRIPs Obligations -- 7. The TRIPs Agreement Comes of Age: Conflict or Cooperation in the Post-Transitional Phase? -- 8. Comments on the Papers Presented -- Part II: Intellectual Property in Regional and National Trade Laws -- 9. Parallel Imports, Free Movement and Competition Rules: The European Experience and Perspective -- 10. Political Economy of the U.S. Parallel Trade Experience: Toward a More Thoughtful Policy -- 11. Issues Regarding Parallel Importation of Trademarked and Patented Products and Competition Policy in Japan -- 12. Parallel Imports and IPR-Based Dominant Positions: Where Do India's Interests Lie? -- 13. Parallel Imports into Switzerland - A Spot of Global Free Trade amidst Fortress Europe? -- 14. Where Should WTO Law Go on the Exhaustion of Intellectual Property Rights? -- 15. Intellectual Property Rights, Competition Policy and International Trade: Reflections on the Work of the WTO Working Group -- 16. A Short Note on Competition Rules in the WTO -- 17. Roundtable Discussion on Parts I and II -- Part III: Intellectual Property, Genetic Engineering and Sustainable Development -- 18. Intellectual Property, Biotechnology, and International Trade: Two Examples -- 19. Which Rules in World Trade Law - Patents or Plant Variety Protection?.

20. Patenting of Life Forms - The European Experience and Perspectives -- 21. Elements for the Protection of Farmers' Plant Varieties -- 22. Conserving Biodiversity and Rewarding Associated Knowledge and Innovation Systems: Honey Bee Perspective -- 23. Technology Transfer in Agricultural Biotechnology: The Developing Country Perspective -- 24. Comments on the Papers Presented -- 25. Management of Plant Genetic Resources in the CGIAR: Problems, Prospects and the Quest for Equity -- 26. Major Legal Regimes Affecting Plant Genetic Resources (PGR): The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Internation -- 27. The Concept of Farmers' Rights, the Role of FAO and the TRIPs Agreement -- 28. Incentives to Bring about Conservation and Sustainable Use of Genetic Resources in the Framework of the World Trade Order -- 29. Comment: Some Thoughts on Managing the Interface between Intellectual Property, Genetic Engineering and Sustainable Develo -- 30. Comments on the Papers Presented by Geoffrey Hawtin, Susan H. Bragdon, Martin A. Girsberger, and Joseph Straus -- 31. What Is the Future Role for the CBD in the Preservation of Plant Genetic Resources and Biological Diversity: A Plea for Po -- 32. Roundtable Discussion on Part III -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 33. Conclusions -- Annex -- The Legal Texts.