1. The rationale for regulatory action; 2. A preliminary evaluation of the proposed text; 3. An overview of the draft code; 4. Antitrust at the United Nations: a tale of two codes; 5. Responsibilities and obligations of parties; 6. Applicable law and dispute settlement; 7. A critique of the code provisions; 8. The status of the negotiations: a 1990 evaluation; 9. Negotiations on an international code of conduct for the transfer of technology; 10. From Santiago de Chile (1972) to the dawn of the third millennium; 11. The pugwash code; 12. The developing countries' quest for a code; 13. Stalemate in the negotiations on restrictive practices; 14. The evolution of the negotiating context; 15. The African experience; 16. The Latin American policies; 17. The role of third parties as facilitators; 18. Perception gaps and mistrust as obstacles to multilateral solutions: some empirical evidence; 19. Emerging trends: new patterns of technology transfer; 20. The code and globalization-contemporary relevance; 21. A changing policy landscape; 22. An overview of legislative changes; 23. Technology transfer in the global environmental agreements: a new twist to the North-South debate; 24. The TRIPS agreement and development; 25. Global competition and the agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS); 26. Competition, intellectual property and transfer of technology; 27. The unfinished agenda.