Panel discussion on foreign trade and public goods. Includes the following short lectures: Peter Drahos, "Economic and Legal Obstacles Raised by IPR to the Provision of Public Goods" and Paul David "Economics of Public Goods in International Perspective." Also includes welcoming address.

Recorded on April 04, 2003.

Panel titled: International Provision of Public Goods in the New Regime.

Conference title: International Public Goods & Transfer of Technology (TRIPS Conference (2003))

The workshop will examine the hypothesis that certain fundamental principles of bankruptcy reorganization law can prudently and equitably resoslve the debt restructuring problems of financially troubled municipalities around the world. In that context, Professor Steven Schwarcz of the Law School will present these principles and discuss how they might be applied to Japan's municipal debt crisis as well as to the municipal debt problems of developing nations.