Monografiya posvyashchena mnogoletnemu periodu peregovorov o prisoedinenii Rossii k VTO, neposredstvennym svidetelem kotorykh byl avtor. Proslezhivaetsya istoriya vzaimootnosheniy SSSR i Rossii s GATT i zatem VTO so vremen Vtoroy mirovoy voyny do nastoyashchego vremeni. Parallel"no rassmatrivayutsya problemy i perspektivy mnogostoronney torgovoy sistemy (MTS) s uchetom krizisa peregovorov Dokha raunda. Na osnove lichnykh nablyudeniy avtora dan analiz vospriyatiya integratsii RF v VTO rossiyskim biznesom i obshchestvom v tselom. Osoboe vnimanie udeleno zadacham, kotorye neobkhodimo reshat" v svyazi s prisoedineniem k VTO, a takzhe znacheniyu chlenstva Rossii v etoy organizatsii. Dlya shirokogo kruga issledovateley, diplomatov, zhurnalistov, prepodavateley, i studentov, interesuyushchikhsya problemoy prisoedineniya RF k VTO i sovremennoy MTS.