Free Trade under Fire : Fourth Edition /

Growing international trade has helped lift living standards around the world, and yet free trade is always under attack. Critics complain that trade forces painful economic adjustments, such as plant closings and layoffs of workers, and charge that the World Trade Organization serves the interests...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irwin, Douglas A., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Globalisierung
Aussenhandelspolitik
Globalization.
Free trade.
Commercial policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
globalism.
Libre-echange > États-Unis.
Mondialisation.
Free trade > United States.
United States.
United States > Commercial policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. The United States in a New Global Economy?
  • 2. The Case for Free Trade: Old Theories, New Evidence
  • 3. Protectionism: Economic Costs, Political Benefits?
  • 4. Trade, Jobs, and Income Distribution
  • 5. Relief from Foreign Competition: Antidumping and the Escape Clause
  • 6. Developing Countries and Open Markets
  • 7 .The World Trading System: The WTO, Trade Disputes, and Regional Agreements
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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