Beyond Free Trade [electronic resource] : Alternative Approaches to Trade, Politics and Power /
Ervine, K.editor.
Fridell, G.editor.
The world of trade is changing rapidly, from the 'rise of the South' to the growth of unconventional projects like fair trade and carbon trading. Beyond Free Trade advances alternative ways for understanding these new dynamics, based on historical, political, or sociological methods that go beyond the limitations of conventional trade economics.
Cover; Beyond Free Trade; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Beyond Free Trade; Beyond trade economics; Seeing trade differently; Outline of the book; References; Part I Historicizing Trade; 2 Trade History: From the Tree to the Futures Market, the Historical Process of Coffee Commodification, 1500-Today; Introduction; Ethiopia origins, Yemeni commodification; Brazil changes the world coffee economy; The transformation of consumption; State intervention; A new world post-1989; Specialty Coffee; "Ethical coffee movements"
The growing Asian role in the world coffee marketConclusions; Note; References; 3 Food Regimes and Food Import Dependence: An Analysis of Jamaica's Food Imports, 1950-2000; Introduction; Theoretical framework; Data and methods; A brief economic history of Jamaica3; Analysis; Discussion; Notes; References; 4 Historicising Trade Preferences and Development: The Case of the ACP-EU Canned Tuna Preference; Introduction; EU trade preferences and ACP development: The technical debate; A historical political economy of ACP-EU trade preferences; Phase I: Colonialism and early independence
Phase II: Capitalist crisis and Third WorldismPhase III: Neoliberal counter-revolution; Phase IV: Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations; Trade preferences and industrial upgrading: Tuna processing in the ACP; Market access for processed tuna in Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II Politicizing Trade: Shifting Alliances and New Trends; 5 Regional Trading Agreements, the Geopolitics of China's Rise, and Development in East Asia; Introduction; China's regional initiatives; The US and the TPP; Responding to the TPP; Conclusion; Notes
References6 The New Chinese Presence in the Caribbean: Towards a Global Understanding; Introduction; The new Chinese presence: Historical precedents and contemporary contexts; The new immigrants; Finding meaningful parallels within the wider literatures; In conclusion . . .; Notes; References; 7 The New Geoeconomics of Capital in Latin America: Alternative Trade and Development in an Era of Extractive Capitalism; Introduction; Neoliberalism: Capitalist development in the new world order; The new geoeconomics of capital under the Washington consensus
Changing dynamics of foreign investment in Latin AmericaProgressive extractivism: A new model for Latin America?; ALBA: New trade for new times; Conclusion; References; 8 Canada, Extractivism, and Hemispheric Relations; Introduction; Canadian extractivism; Staples-based development in Canada; Extractivism under the Harper government; Promoting Canadian extractive capital in Latin America; Canada and the extractivist resurgence in Latin America; Notes; References; 9 The Commodities Boom in South America: A Case of Regressive Restructuring?
From the primary export model to import substitution industrialization to neoliberalism
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index.
The world of trade is changing rapidly, from the 'rise of the South' to the growth of unconventional projects like fair trade and carbon trading. Beyond Free Trade advances alternative ways for understanding these new dynamics, based on historical, political, or sociological methods that go beyond the limitations of conventional trade economics.
International relations.
Business ethics.
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Political economy.
Economic development.
International law.
Trade.
International Relations.
Business Ethics.
Economic Policy.
International Political Economy.
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International Economic Law, Trade Law.