Introduction Roman Grynberg; Part I. Theory and Evidence: 1. A theory of trade and development of small vulnerable states Roman Grynberg; 2. Small countries: a survey of the literature Michael Weatherhead; 3. When comparative advantage doesn't matter: business costs in small economies L. Alan Winters and Pedro M. G. Martins; 4. Can small states compete in manufacturing? Ganeshan Wignaraja and David Joiner; 5. The economics of isolation and distance Stephen Redding and Anthony J. Venables; 6. The trade performance of small states Roman Grynberg and Mohammad A. Razzaque; 7. Small economies and special and differential treatment: strengthening the evidence and countering the fallacies Virginia Horscroft; Part II. WTO and Small Economies: 8. Small vulnerable economy issues and the WTO Roman Grynberg and Jan Yves Remy; 9. Special and differential treatment for small developing economies Richard L. Bernal; 10. A study of alternative special and differential arrangements for small economies Michael Davenport; Part III. WTO Dispute Settlement: A. Banana Dispute: 11. Small states in the banana dispute Edwin Laurent; 12. Impact of changes in the European Union's policy for banana imports on the Eastern Caribbean Region (1992-2002) Claudius Preville; 13. Jamaica and the case in the WTO against the European Communities' regime for the importation, sale and distribution of bananas (1992-2001) Marcia Thomas; B. Sugar Dispute: 14. WTO complaints by Australia and Brazil regarding the EU sugar regime Stephen J. Orava and Carol C. George; 15. Reform of EU export subsidies on sugar: the legal and economic implications for the ACP countries Chris Milner, Wyn Morgan and Evious Zgovu; C. Miscellaneous: 16. Analysis of the impact of opening up the EU import market for canned tuna on ACP countries Elizabeth Bennett, Helene Rey-Valette and Zhen Kun Wang; Part IV. Negotiating Issues and Institutional Arrangements: 17. WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations: implications for ACP fisheries access arrangements and sustainable management Roman Grynberg; 18. Plurilateral financial standards and their regulation: the experience of small developing states Roman Grynberg, Sacha Silva and Jan Yves Remy; 19. Export processing zones and the WTO agreement on subsidies and countervailing measures David Robertson; 20. The accession of Vanuatu to the WTO: lessons for the multilateral trading system Roman Grynberg and Roy Mickey Joy.
