Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Foreign Commerce Study: U. S. Trade and Common Market
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Foreign Commerce Study
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Communist countries
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Foreign Commerce Handbook
Author: Clashing Over Commerce
Author: Douglas A. IrwinPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022639901X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 873
Book Description
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year: “Tells the history of American trade policy . . . [A] grand narrative [that] also debunks trade-policy myths.” —Economist Should the United States be open to commerce with other countries, or should it protect domestic industries from foreign competition? This question has been the source of bitter political conflict throughout American history. Such conflict was inevitable, James Madison argued in the Federalist Papers, because trade policy involves clashing economic interests. The struggle between the winners and losers from trade has always been fierce because dollars and jobs are at stake: depending on what policy is chosen, some industries, farmers, and workers will prosper, while others will suffer. Douglas A. Irwin’s Clashing over Commerce is the most authoritative and comprehensive history of US trade policy to date, offering a clear picture of the various economic and political forces that have shaped it. From the start, trade policy divided the nation—first when Thomas Jefferson declared an embargo on all foreign trade and then when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union over excessive taxes on imports. The Civil War saw a shift toward protectionism, which then came under constant political attack. Then, controversy over the Smoot-Hawley tariff during the Great Depression led to a policy shift toward freer trade, involving trade agreements that eventually produced the World Trade Organization. Irwin makes sense of this turbulent history by showing how different economic interests tend to be grouped geographically, meaning that every proposed policy change found ready champions and opponents in Congress. Deeply researched and rich with insight and detail, Clashing over Commerce provides valuable and enduring insights into US trade policy past and present. “Combines scholarly analysis with a historian’s eye for trends and colorful details . . . readable and illuminating, for the trade expert and for all Americans wanting a deeper understanding of America’s evolving role in the global economy.” —National Review “Magisterial.” —Foreign Affairs
Foreign Commerce Study: U. S. Trade and Common Market
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Sources of Information on Foreign Trade Practice
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The United States and the Common Market
Author: Don Dougan HumphreyPublisher:
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Category : Economic policy
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Review of past U.S. foreign-trade policies, recommending changes. For other editions, see Author Catalog.
International Trade: Gateway to Growth
Author: United States. Department of CommercePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Foreign Trade
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International TradePublisher:
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Category : Foreign trade regulation
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Opening America's Market
Author: Alfred E. Eckes Jr.Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807861189
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Despite the passage of NAFTA and other recent free trade victories in the United States, former U.S. trade official Alfred Eckes warns that these developments have a dark side. Opening America's Market offers a bold critique of U.S. trade policies over the last sixty years, placing them within a historical perspective. Eckes reconsiders trade policy issues and events from Benjamin Franklin to Bill Clinton, attributing growing political unrest and economic insecurity in the 1990s to shortsighted policy decisions made in the generation after World War II. Eager to win the Cold War and promote the benefits of free trade, American officials generously opened the domestic market to imports but tolerated foreign discrimination against American goods. American consumers and corporations gained in the resulting global economy, but many low-skilled workers have become casualties. Eckes also challenges criticisms of the 'infamous' protectionist Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which allegedly worsened the Great Depression and provoked foreign retaliation. In trade history, he says, this episode was merely a mole hill, not a mountain.