The Uruguay Round and the Arab Countries: Papers Presented at a Seminar Held in Kuwait, January 17-18, 1995

The conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the GATT talks offered hope for enhancing trade and growth opportunities worldwide.

The benefits and challenges for the Arab countries of the liberalization measures encompassed under the Uruguay Round were the subject of a seminar held in Kuwait in January 1995.

The papers presented at the seminar review the results of the Uruguay Round, examine the broad policy and macroeconomic implications of trade reform and consider certain of the sectoral trade reform measures embodied in the Uruguay Round agreement and their impact on Abab countries.