Free trade, free world
Subtitle: the advent of GATT
By: Thomas W. Zeiler.
Series: The Luther Hartwell Hodges series on business, society, and the state
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) -- History.; International trade -- History.; Cold War.
Description: In this era of globalization, it is easy to forget that today's free market values were not always predominant. But as this history of the birth of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) shows, the principles and practices underlying our current international economy once represented contested ground between U.S. policymakers, Congress, and America's closest allies.

Drawing on historical and theoretical work in a variety of fields and tapping archives in the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Thomas Zeiler weaves a complex story of diplomacy, negotiation, and politics that uncovers the roots of our current economic ideology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-254) and index.