1. Multilateralism and regionalism : the new interface / Mina Mashayekhi, Lakshmi Puri and Taisuke Ito -- 2. Remarks / by Francisco Thompson-Flores -- 3. Comments on dynamism in the interface of multilateral trading system and regional trade agreements : a post-Cancún perspective / Nathan Irumba -- 4. Issues regarding notification to the WTO of a regional trade agreement / Bonapas Onguglo --5. Rules of origin : the emerging gatekeeper of global commerce / Antoni Estevadeordal and Kati Suominen -- 6. Keeping multilateralism and development in mind : proposals for a new model of North-South agreements / Ramón Torrent and Martín Molinuevo -- 7. Special and differential treatment under North-South trade agreements / Piragibe dos Santos Tarrago -- 8. Considerations on the interface between the WTO and the FTAA negotiations and between the FTAA and recent free trade agreements in the Western hemisphere / Rosine M. Plank-Brumback -- 9. Latin American South-South integration and cooperation : from a regional public goods perspective / Mikio Kuwayama -- 10. Addressing market access and entry barriers through regional integration to maximizing development gains : the CARICOM experience / Fay Housty -- 11. Regional cooperation agreement and competition policy : the case of Andean Community / Richard Moss Ferreira -- 12. Competition cooperation in regional integration agreements, a SACU example / James Mathis -- 13. Addressing market access and entry barriers through regional integration : COMESA experience / Mark Pearson.

xi, 192 p. : graphs, map, tables

At head of title: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Contains papers delivered at a pre-UNCTAD XI Forum on "Multilateralism and Regionalism : the New Interface" held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 8 June 2004.
Includes bibliographical references.
Available also at UNCTAD Digital Library (viewed 10 Feb. 2006).