1. Introduction -- 2. The Origins and Early Period of the Postwar Trade Regime: 1947 to 1962 -- 3. The OECD, the UNCTAD, and the GATT Kennedy Round: 1962 to 1972 -- 4. The Development of the G7 Summit Process and the GATT Tokyo Round: 1973 to 1979 -- 5. Uncertainty in the GATT and the Formation of the Quad: 1980 to 1986 -- 6. From Punta del Este to the Brussels Ministerial: 1986 to 1990 -- 7. From the Brussels Ministerial to the End of the GATT Uruguay Round: 1991 to 1994 -- 8. The Post-Uruguay Round Period -- 9. Conclusion