Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Authors and Conference Participants -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- State Trading in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview / Petros C. Mavroidis and Thomas Cottier -- Part II: The Relevant Legal Framework -- 1. Article XVII GATT: An Overview / William J. Davey -- 2. Dealing with Monopolies and State Enterprises: WTO Rules for Goods and Services / Aaditya Mattoo -- 3. GATT Law on State Trading Enterprises: Critical Evaluation of Article XVII and Proposals for Reform / Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann -- 4. The Treatment of Activities of State Trading Enterprises under the WTO Subsidies Rules / Gary N. Horlick and Kristin Heim Mowry -- 5. The WTO Antidumping Agreement and the Economies in Transition / N. David Palmeter -- 6. Technology and State Enterprise in the WTO / Frederick M. Abbott -- 7. Comments / Werner Zdouc -- Part III: Regional Experience -- 8. EC Rules on State Monopolies and Public Undertakings: Any Relevance for the WTO? / Jacques H. J. Bourgeois -- 9. State Trading Enterprises and Multilateral Trade Rules: The Canadian Experience / Robert Howse -- 10. State Trading in the United States / Diane P. Wood -- 11. The Role of Articles 37 and 90 ECT in the Integration of EC Markets: The Case of Utilities / André Sapir -- 12. State Trading in Japan / Mitsuo Matsushita -- 13. Privatisation in the OECD Area: The Main Issues and Lessons / Stilpon Nestor -- 14. State Trading in China / William Martin and Christian Bach -- 15. State Trading in Russia / Vladimir Drebentsov and Constantine Michalopoulos -- 16. National Experiences in State Trading: Comments / Ichiro Araki -- Part IV: Conceptual Issues -- 17. State Trading: Rule Making Alternatives for Entities with Exclusive Rights / Bernard M. Hoekman and Patrick Low.

18. Has Article 90 ECT Prejudged the Status of Property Ownership? / Petros C. Mavroidis and Patrick A. Messerlin -- 19. Comments / Damien J. Neven -- 20. Auctions as a Trade Policy Instrument / Toni Haniotis -- 21. Comment on Toni Haniotis' "Auctions as a Trade Policy Instrument" / Henrik Horn -- Part V: Conclusions -- 22. Conclusions: The Reach of Modern International Trade Law / Thomas Cottier and Petros C. Mavroidis -- Annexes -- A. The Legal Texts -- B. Transcript of Roundtable Discussion.