In 14 papers from the Free Trade Agreements conference at Bond University (no date noted), contributors identified only by name examine some of the partial steps that interfere with the vision of absolutely frictionless world trade. Their topics include applying game theory to trade liberalization strategy, the Australia-US free trade agreement, the legitimacy and purpose of intellectual property chapters in free trade agreements, and preferential trade and cultural products. Distributed in the Americas by Aspen Publishers. Annotation 2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)