INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW: By Modechai E. Kreinin, Michigan State University and Michael G. ; Plummer, the Johns Hopkins University and OECD ; PART I: General Approaches to Commercial Policy ; Chapter 1: Free Trade and Its Alternatives ; By Sven W. Arndt, Claremont McKenna College ; Chapter 2: The International Trading System and Its Future ; By Rachel McCulloch, Brandeis University ; Chapter 3: Administration of Commercial Policy ; By Alfred E. Eckes Jr., Ohio University ; Chapter 4: Trade and the Labor Market: Recent Development and New Frontiers ; By Carl Davidson, Michigan State University and Nicholas Sly, University of Oregon ; Chapter 5: Protection of Agriculture ; By Tim Josling, Stanford University ; Chapter 6: Theory and Economic Modeling of Regional Trading Agreements ; By Modechai Kreinin, Michigan State University and Michael Plummer, the Johns Hopkins University and OECD ; Chapter 7: The Ruled-Based Trading System ; By Cristiane Carneiro, University of Sao Paulo and Gary Hufbauer, Institute for International Economics ; PART II: Country (Regional) Studies ; Chapter 8: U.S. Trade Policy Since 1934: An Uneven Path Toward Greater Trade Liberalization ; By Robert E. Baldwin, University of Wisconsin ; Chapter 9: The European Community Commercial Policy ; By Patrick A. Messerlin, University of Paris ; Chapter 10: Japan's Commercial Policy ; By Masahiro Kawai, ADB Institute, and Shujiro Urata, Waseda University, ; Chapter 11: Commercial Policy and Experience in the Giants: China and India ; By Ganeshan Wignaraja, Asian Development Bank ; Chapter 12: Australian Commercial Policies ; By Peter Lloyd, University of Melbourne ; Chapter 13: The European Transition Economics ; By Torbjorn Becker and Anders Fredriksson, Stockholm School of Economics ; Chapter 14: Trade Liberalization in a Small Open Economy: The Case of Israel ; By Michael Michaeli, The Hebrew University ; Chapter 15: ASEAN Commercial Policy ; By Hal Hill and Jay Menon