US Intra-Firm Imports: Further Analysis of Related-Party Trade

International commodity markets have occupied the centre of the stage in the North-South dialogue of the past three or four years. Policies for reform in the commodity sector of world trade were the major bone of contention in the UNCTAD IV and a central issue at the Paris Conference on International Economic Cooperation. As negotiations with respect to the ‘integrated programme’, and particularly its Common Fund, continue, more focussed discussions are proceeding on a case by case basis and have already generated new international agreements in coffee, cocoa, rubber, sugar, and tin.