Institutions and Trade Policy

Hardback

Institutions and Trade Policy

9781840649840 Edward Elgar Publishing
J. Michael Finger, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, US
Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 978 1 84064 984 0 Extent: 304 pp
This book reprints 18 essays selected from almost 30 years of work by the author as a high level official at the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the US Treasury Department and the World Bank.

Copyright & permissions

Recommend to librarian

Your Details

Privacy Policy

Librarian Details

Download leaflet

Print page

More Information
Contributors
Contents
More Information
This book reprints 18 essays selected from almost 30 years of work by the author as a high level official at the UN Conference on Trade and Development, the US Treasury Department and the World Bank.

These essays report some of the core analytical thinking behind positions taken by these agencies on major issues in international trade policy: e.g., the shift of view on ‘trade and development’ from the presumption that developing countries should receive ‘special and differential treatment’ to today’s view that they should aggressively exploit opportunities that international trade offers. Other essays report analytical work at the US Treasury Department on proposals in the 1970s for a ‘New International Economic Order’ – findings that supported the more conservative line that the US government eventually took, even though the Kissinger State Department urged a more accommodating line. Some essays are highly critical, e.g., of antidumping and its use by developing countries as well as by the United States, and of the GATT/WTO system itself as a template for economic policy.

Scholars and students interested in how the GATT/WTO works as a policy making system will find this collection revealing as will readers interested in a way to evaluate the impact of antidumping (and other ‘trade remedies’) on the national economic system and on how to construct policy mechanisms that more effectively bring the interests of all US citizens into the making of US trade policy. In addition, many of these essays are useful for courses in international economics, international relations and policy science.
Contributors
With Contributions from: D.A. DeRosa, J.M. Finger, S.S. Golub, H.K. Hall, D.R. Nelson, P. Schuler, L.A. Winters
Contents
Contents: Introduction Part I: Tariffs and Other Instruments of Import Policy Part II: The New International Economic Order Part III: Administered Protection Part IV: How the GATT Works Part V: Developing Countries in the GATT/WTO Part VI: Conclusion Index
eBook for individuals
978 1 78254 174 5
From $40.00
Click here for options
eBook for library purchase
978 1 78254 174 5
View sample chapter and check access on:
eBook options

Available for individuals to buy from these websites

Or recommend to your institution to acquire on Elgaronline
  • Buy as part of an eBook subject collection - flexible options available
  • Downloading and printing allowed
  • No limits on concurrent user access, ideal for course use
My Cart