Fundamentals of U.S. Foreign Trade Policy: Economics, Politics, Laws, and Issues [Hardcover]

Stephen D. Cohen (Author), Robert Blecker (Author), Peter D. Whitney (Author), Robert A. Blecker (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0813340276 | ISBN-13: 978-0813340272 | Publication Date: August 2002 | Edition: 2

This unique text integrates for the first time the three critical aspects of U.S. foreign trade policy formulation and implementation: economics, politics, and laws. In a comprehensive and nonjudgmental manner, a political scientist, an economist, and a legal scholar combine efforts to present a well-rounded view of the nature and impact of trade policy as well as how it is made. First, they give a quick review of the history of U.S. trade policy and follow this with an explication of key economic principles and theories. They outline political processes and actors, then examine the laws that emanate from the political arena as they apply to imports, exports, the GATT, and the World Trade Organization.A final section combines the three perspectives in an analysis of key challenges to contemporary U.S. trade: Japan, the European Union, nonindustrialized countries, NAFTA, and the Uruguay Round of GATT trade negotiations. Looking toward the future, the authors conclude that given constant changes in the political, economic, and legal environments of trade, the import and export policies of the United States (and of most other countries) are subject to constant evolution-and occasional revolution.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Remarkably accessible and readable-- a very good introduction to a subject which is vital to America's future." -- Alan Wm. Wolff, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative

"This book cannot be recommended too highly for the wealth of its perceptions and the clarity of its exposition." -- International Affairs

"This book...[adopts] an interdisciplinary approach that most other trade books lack." -- Robert Z. Lawrence, Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Harvard University and Senior Fellow, Institute of International Economics

"This excellent text presents a thorough survey of the making of American trade policy." -- Jeffrey Frieden, Harvard University

"This is an excellent examination of the real world in which U.S. trade policy is formulated and implemented." -- Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee

About the Author

Stephen D. Cohen is professor of international relations at the School of International Service at American University. Robert A. Blecker is professor of economics at American University and a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute. Peter D. Whitney is economist in residence at American University and adjunct professor at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 376 pages
• Publisher: Westview Press; 2 edition (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813340276
• ISBN-13: 978-0813340272
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,935,030 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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