The International Sugar Agreements
Subtitle: Promise and Reality
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: January 21, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781557533449
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; Food manufacturing & related industries; International business; International trade; Sugar trade; International - Economics; Commercial treaties; Business & Economics; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Sugar laws and legislation; Business/Economics; Military; International - Marketing; Commodities; Business & Economics / Economics / International; 20th century; History
Description: "International Commodity Agreements, intended to counter large price fluctuations, were regarded as the panacea for the world's economic ills and problems during the post World War II decades. However, during the 1980s every one of these ICAs collapsed, some with devastating economic consequences. The marketing agreements on sugar had the longest existence, involved the largest number of countries, and were the best administered." "This volume on the negotiations and administration of the Agreements on Sugar is the first detailed analysis of the rise and fall of an ICA. The history is an important lesson of the dangers, pitfalls, and short-sightedness of long-term international economic management. Thus arrangements for international study and discussion of commodity developments and problems may be more productive in the long run."--BOOK JACKET.