American Trade Politics [Paperback]

I. M. Destler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0881322156 | ISBN-13: 978-0881322156 | Edition: 3rd

"American Trade Politics" is the most influential and widely read analysis of the US trade policymaking system. In the third edition of this winner of the American Political Science Association's Gladys Kammerer award for the best book on US national policy, Destler extends his original analysis to assess the politics of the extraordinarily contentious debates over NAFTA and the Uruguay Round. He explains how free traders overcame the opposing forces represented by H. Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, and Ralph Nader to secure congressional approval for the two most important US trade agreements in the postwar period. The liberal trade regime survived these latest challenges, but Destler nevertheless argues that there is a need for reform of the policymaking system in the 1990s to advance US-led free trade negotiations in the Western Hemisphere and the Asia Pacific as well as future rounds of global liberalization.

The New Politics of American Trade: Trade, Labor, and the Environment ISBN 0881322695

American Trade Politics, 3rd Edition ISBN: 0881322156

American Trade Politics and New Politics of American Trade Supplement (package), ISBN 088132292X

Editorial Reviews

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Praise for the first edition:

"Terrific. I loved it."

)-(Carla A. Hills),(U.S. Trade Representative)

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"A highly compelling account of America's trade troubles and what can be done about them . . . As polished and as informative a book as is likely to be written on the subject."

)-(Jay Culbert),(The World Economy)

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". . .the political-economic-historical Bible for [US trade policy]."

)-(J. David Richardson),(Syracuse University) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

I. M. Destler is a Professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics. He was formerly Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1977-83) and the Brookings Institution (1972-77) and Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University (1971-72) and at the International University of Japan (1986). He is the author or coauthor of nine books on American foreign policymaking and US-Japan economic relations, including Dollar Politics: Exchange Rate Policymaking in the United States (1989), Anti-Protection: Changing Forces in United States Trade Policy (1987), Our Own Worst Enemy: the Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (1984), and Coping with US-Japanese Economic Conflicts (1982).

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 337 pages
• Publisher: Inst for Intl Economics; 3rd edition (February 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881322156
• ISBN-13: 978-0881322156
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and Informative, August 4, 2001

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I found this volume useful and informative. It deals primarily with how Congress and the president shape American trade relations. It also considers the role of other domestic factors, such as interest groups. Destler explains various general approaches to the study of how American policy-makers arrive at a particualr type of trade policy. The main target audience is graduate and undergraduate students in public policy, American politics, and international political economy,