Australia and the Global Trade System
Subtitle: From Havana to Seattle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 11, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780521780544
Subjects: International trade; International - Economics; Foreign economic relations; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Politics/International Relations; Australia; General; Australia--Commercial policy; Political Science / General; Commercial policy; General Agreement on Tariffs a
First sentence: The international institutions established after World War II have been rather loftily likened by Dean Acheson in his memoirs to the Creation of the world.
Description: "Australia and the Global Trade System provides a comprehensive account of Australia's role in developing and maintaining the multilateral trade system from its origins in 1947 to the present day. Australia was one of the 23 original signatories to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its participation was vital to the success of international efforts to reconstruct a multilateral trade system after the disastrous experiences of the 1930s. Since then Australia has wielded far more influence in the GATT and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO), than is warranted by its size and power in the global political economy.

This book, based on archival sources and oral interviews, makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Australia's trade policies, its commercial diplomacy, and its role and position in the global political economy. It provides a perspective on debates about the capacity of small nations to be agents as well as subjects of history."--Jacket.