International trade in the 1970s
Subtitle: the US, the EC, and the growing pressure of protectionism
By: Giuseppe La Barca
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781441147844; 9781441134035; 9781441187246
Subjects: International trade; History; Commercial policy; Foreign economic relations; Economic conditions; Protectionism; Relations économiques internationales; Politique du commerce international; Protectionnisme; Négociations commerciales; GATT; UE/CE Relations extérieures; Economic history; International economic relations
Other titles: International trade in the 1970s :
Description: The 1970s marked the end of the years in which the United States was the guarantor of a free world trade order, while Western Europe made efforts to catch up with the economic superpower. In this book, Giuseppe La Barca explains how the trade environment and trade policies in the United States and in the European community during the 1970s were more complex than frequently acknowledged. In particular, he examines the promotion of greater governmental protection of national industries and the relationship between such tendencies and the negotiations aimed at reducing trade barriers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-228) and index.
Table of contents: title: Background to the upheavals and settlement attempts of the 1970s; title: Conflict and cooperation on trade issues between the transatlantic partners and the launching of a new multilateral round of trade negotiations; title: Crisis and unstable recovery (October 1973-December 1976); title: The slackening of growth in the EC countries and the strengthening of protectionism on both sides of the Atlantic; title: The last phase of the Uruguay Round; title: The end of the 1970s and the dawn of a new decade : the second oil shock and the aftermath of the Tokyo Round negotiations.