What was the “battle in Seattle” over trade all about?
You may know...but do your students?
With John Rothgeb's concise text U.S. Trade Policy: Balancing Economic Dreams and Political Realities, your students will learn about international trade, the political tensions it rouses, and its historical roots. Rothgeb carefully traces the forces that affect U.S. trade policy's development and implementation, including:
* the strategic and competitive international arena
* policymakers' views on the value of trade
* the influence of special interest groups
* the impact of institutional rivalries
Supplement your foreign and economic policy course with a balanced discussion of the enormous changes spurred by the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, the Bretton Woods system, and the GATT, to the controversy surrounding current trade relations withteh European Union and China.
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Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Controlling U.S. Trade Policy
Objectives of this Book
Protection, Free Trade, and Congress Nationalists and the American System
The Free Trade Alternative
Congress and Trade
Chapter Summary
Notes
From Protection to Reciprocal Trade Commercial Isolation
The Farm Problem and the Split Among Democrats
Reciprocal Trade
Chapter Summary
Notes
From Neutrality to Bretton Woods and the GATT.Trade and War Transforming the World Trading System
Chapter Summary
Notes
Cold War Trade: Protection from Imports and from Communism The Communist Threat
Protection from Imports
The Cold War and Freer Trade
Chapter Summary
Notes
The Kennedy and Tokyo Rounds of the GATT The Kennedy Round of the GATT
The Tokyo Round
Chapter Summary
Notes
Oil and Turmoil
Trade in Oil
The Automobile Industry
Chapter Summary
Notes
From the Cold War to the WTO and NAFTA East-West Trade
The Japanese Challenge
The Uruguay Round of the GATT
The North American Free Trade Agreement
Chapter Summary
Notes
Approaching a New Century of Trade Japan
The European Union
China
The United States and the WTO
Regional Trade
Chapter Summary
Notes
Glossary Further Reading Index
Reviews
“Rothgeb's lucid review of American trade politics is a welcome and timely addition to the field. Instructors searching for an IPE text that offers a balanced and readable account of theory and history will not be disappointed. This book is an excellent resource for introducing students to the challenges and opportunities posed by global economic integration.”
- Alan E. Kessler, University of Texas at Austin“I was very impressed and engaged by this book—U.S. Trade Policy's strengths are its coverage, its accessibility in terms of being well written, clear, and interesting, and the synthesis of a large amount of useful material that is not easily found in one book.”
- Maurice A. East, George Washington Universityp>“Rothgeb provides readers with a balanced, readable, and richly detailed historical overview of domestic debates over United States trade policy.”
- David Skidmore, Drake University
Bio(s)
John M. Rothgeb Jr., Miami University of Ohio
John M. Rothgeb, Jr. is the Paul Rejai Professor of Political Science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He teaches courses in U.S. foreign policy, international relations, and political economy. He is the author of several books, including Foreign Investment and Political Conflict in Developing Countries (1996) and Defining Power: Influence and Force in the Contemporary International System (1993).
