What should we think of the Swiss free trade agreement with China? Is the Federal Council right to celebrate the treaty as a success, or is the journalist correct in referring to "Bernese myths"? What stance should one take regarding a potential free trade agreement with India? What is the state of the World Trade Organization (WTO) based in Geneva? Media representatives write every two years about the impending "hour of destiny" during the ministerial conferences. And just days later, reports follow about successful dispute resolutions by the WTO. This collection of texts provides insights into these and other topics in the world of trade. It spans from customs conferences within the League of Nations, through President Hoover's dramatic tariff increase in 1930, to the Havana Conference of 1947; from the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to the WTO and the super agreements Trans-p.