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In this exploration of how foreign trade policy is made in democratic regimes, Daniel Verdier casts doubt on theories that neglect the influence of the voters. Instead, he shows that special interests, party ideologies and state officials and diplomats act as agents of the voters in trading decisions. Constructing a general theory in which existing theories (rent-seeking, median voting, state autonomy) function as partial explanations, he shows that trade institutions are not fixed entities but...

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The growth of regional trading blocs. often known as regional integration agreements (RIAs), is one of the major developments in international relations. More than one-third of world trade takes place within such agreements. The last ten years have witnessed qualitative, as well as quantitative changes in regional integration schemes. Three major developments are identified: the recognition that effective integration requires more than reducing tariffs and quotas; a move from "closed regionalism...

"Export Practice and Management" is the third edition of Alan Branch's "Elements of Export Practice". The new title reflects the increased emphasis on management and strategy, a re-orientation which is seen to be appropriate in this period of unprecedented change in the international trade industry. This edition covers current developments, including multi-modalism, the Single European Market, implications of the new Eastern European market, export finance, containerization, Electronic Data Inte...

The euro and the ESCB have started in January 1999 and there is naturally a wide-ranging interest in academia and among policymakers in OECD coun- tries, how successful European Monetary Union will and can be. EMU has started with 11 countries and experienced a rapid depreciation of the cur- rency. With so many EU countries joining for a historical monetary union in a period of economic globalization, international financial market changes and ongoing EU enlargement the problem of monetary polic...

From Oil to Gas and Beyond chronicles the history of the petroleum industry in Trinidad and Tobago and appraises major policy decisions impacting its economy. The book details the macroeconomic, commercial, and technical challenges faced by Trinidad and Tobago in the monetization of its oil and gas resources over the past one hundred years. The contributors cover several topics including local content, national participation, sustainability, communication, leadership, energy diplomacy, environme...

Please note this is a Short Discount publication. Component distributors are a relatively new part of the electronics industry and are increasingly being used by manufacturers. The continuing growth of the distributor sector demonstrates the significance of this industry in the European electronics market. This new market research report analyses the major trends and events that will influence the European Electronic Component Distribution industry in the next five years, and provides market for...

From a brilliant Brookings Institution expert, an “important” (The Wall Street Journal) and “penetrating historical and political study” (Nature) of the critical role that oceans play in the daily struggle for global power, in the bestselling tradition of Robert Kaplan’s The Revenge of Geography. For centuries, oceans were the chessboard on which empires battled for supremacy. But in the nuclear age, air power and missile systems dominated our worries about security, and for the United States,...

From coffee farming in Peru and cocoa production in Ghana to jeans manufacture in China and the Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this guide tells the human story behind the products we consume. Examining the contest between 'free' and 'fair' trade around the world, David Ransom argues that the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether it is to be the master or servant of the people. And a concluding chapter explains how, as fair trade products ar...