Dr. Pierre Marc Johnson is Senior Counsel with the Canadian law firm Heenan Blaikie. A former premier of the province of Quebec, he has taught law at McGill University and lectures in various fora, and participates regularly in many UN negotiations. He is an advisor to the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation, and was vice-chair of the National Round Table on Environment and the Economy and chair of its foreign policy committee from 1990 to 1997. Dr. Johnson is co-author of The Environment and NAFTA: Understanding and Implementing the New Continental Law (Island Press, Washington DC, 1996) and has published many essays and articles on development in the context of globalisation.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The Multiple Faces of Globalisation: The Diversity of Change?
   The Growth of Trade
   The Explosion of Financial Flows
   Increased Demographic Pressures
   The Information Revolution
   The Geography of Globalisation: A New North-South Divide
   The Vertical Loss of Sovereignty: More Room for More New Actors
   The Environmental Impacts of Growth
3. The WTO and Environmental Governance: Reconciling the Multilateral Trade Regime with Sustainable Development
   Seattle: The Convergence of Divisions
   Environmental Regulations and Market Access
   Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
   Precautionary Principle and the Relationship with Multilateral Environmental Agreements
   Trade-Distorting and Environmentally Damaging Subsidies
   Transparency and Participation
   The Need for Institutional Reform and a New North-South Bargain
   
4. The Building Blocks of "Globalisation Governance": Charting the Non-Trade World
   Implementing the 1990s Conferences, Action Plans, and Environmental Conventions
   From Official Development Assistance to an Integrated Approach to Financial Transfers
   Inter-Institutional Activities
   Good Governance
   Innovative Institutional Responses to the Challenges of Global Governance
5. A New Deal for Globalisation: Mapping an Integrated Agenda for Policymakers
   Harmonising the Trade and Non-Trade Agendas in the WTO Regime
   Implementing the 1990s Action Plans and Programs
   Broadening Global Governance
   Seizing Upcoming Opportunities
6. Conclusion: Calling on an Accountable Virage