CEPR held two workshops in July in association with the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. The first, on `Market Integration, Regionalism and the World Economy', took place at La Coruña on 20/24 July, and was organized by L Alan Winters and Richard Baldwin, Co-Directors of the Centre's International Trade programme. Financial support from the Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza is gratefully acknowledged. The following papers were presented:

`The Impact of Monetary Integration in Europe on Transatlantic Relations', Matthew Canzoneri (Georgetown University and CEPR)

`The Impact of Market Integration on the Location of Economic Activity', Anthony Venables (University of Southampton and CEPR)

`The Impact of Market Integration on Economic Growth', Richard Baldwin (Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Genève, and CEPR)

`Regional Economic Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa', Ademola Oyejide (University of Ibadan)

`Trade Negotiations and the Emergence of Regional Blocs: The Experience of the Uruguay Round and the Prospects for the Future', Giorgio Basevi and Flavio Delbono (Università di Bologna and CEPR) and Marco Mariotti (University of East Anglia, Norwich)
`The Political Economy of Market Integration', Bernard Hoekman (GATT and CEPR)

`Regionalism and the Future of the Global Trading System', L Alan Winters (University of Birmingham and CEPR)

`The Integration of Central Europe into the European Community', Richard Portes (CEPR and Birkbeck College, London)

`The Lessons of European Integration for the Former Soviet Union', André Sapir (Commission of the European Communities, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)

The second workshop, on `The Regional Impact of the European Economic and Monetary Union', took place in Santander on 27/31 July, in association with the Spanish Chambers of Commerce. The workshop organizers were CEPR Vice-Chairman Guillermo de la Dehesa and Deputy Director Stephen Yeo. The following papers were presented.

`The Regional Impact of the Economic and Monetary Union', Guillermo de la Dehesa (Banco Pastor and CEPR)

`The Common Market's Impact on Commerce and Industry: Regional Perspective', L Alan Winters (University of Birmingham and CEPR)

`The Impact of the Single Market on Services: A Regional Perspective', André Sapir (Commission of the European Communities, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)

`The Role of Human Capital in Regional Development', Angel de la Fuente (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)

`Free Labour Mobility and Regional Development', Riccardo Faini (Università di Brescia and CEPR)

`Free Capital Mobility and Regional Development', Mark Taylor (IMF and CEPR)

`The Role of Infrastructures in Regional Development', Dieter Biehl (Universität Frankfurt)

`The Future of Economic and Social Cohesion in Europe', Emilio Fontela (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

`The Impact of Economic and Monetary Union on the Spanish Regions', Juan Ramón Cuadrado (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares)