VOL. XXXII

NO. 12/13

26-DEC-1988/2 JAN1989

IS IT THE RIGHT TIME FOR NON-OPEC COOPERATION WITH OPEC?

by Dr. Mohammad Sorour AL-Sabban King Abdulaziz University, Jiddah, SaudiArabia

Since 1982, OPEC has been under severe pressure as a result of its policy ofproduction restraint. m is pressure has caused it to lose part of its marketshare to other producers, and the fact that it formally opted in December 1985for what was called a fair market share policy is evidence of its inability towithstand...