1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
classical liberalism
protectionism
“managed free trade”
the Bretton Woods Conference

2. The International Monetary Fund
from the “gold exchange system” to the current regime
the quota system
Fund’s resources
Members States’ resources:
reserve and credit tranche
facilities
special drawing rights
conditionality and criticisms to the IMF

3. The World Bank Group the Int’l Bank for Reconstruction and Development
the Int’l Dev’t Association
the Int’l Finance Corporation
the Multilateral Inv’t Guarantee Agency
the Int’l Centre for the Settlement of Inv’t Disputes

4. From the ITO to the GATT the Avana Conference and the ITO Charter
a provisional agreement
the grandfather clause
the lack of an institutional structure
the “rounds” technique
the Tokyo Round and the “GATT à la carte”
the role of developing countries

5. The Uruguay Round and the Marrakesh Agreement
the WTO agreement and the annexes:
the transition from GATT to WTO
the single undertaking principle : multilateral vs plurilateral agreements