A report that analyzes the final act of the GATT Uraguay Round, its overall implications for world trade and industry, and its relevance to the paper and packaging industries. The book's contents include: the detail of the Uraguay Round results; the OECD economic forecasts of the effects of trade liberalization by the year 2002; past trends in world trade and economic growth as shown by the OECD and IMF data, and their forecasts by product and region on broad industrial sectors, and, where relevant, on paper and packaging industries; and likely future debates in the MTO and their relevance to the paper and pakaging industries.