Volume 39 · March/April 2004 · Number 2

Editorial

• The EU, the USA and the WTO – An Uneasy Relationship

Forum

• The EU on the Threshold of Enlargement: How Well Prepared Are the Participants?

Articles

• An Economic Analysis of the EU Commission`s Proposal for a New Consumer Credit Directive – Offering Consumers More Protection or Restricting their Options?

• Towards the Conformity of Infrastructure Policy with European Laws – The Case of Government Aid for Ryanair

• Ageing Societies and Challenges for Collective Bargaining Policy

Economic Trends

• Asian Demand Pushes Up Commodity Prices

Index

• Index