Limits to free trade non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States

1. Dilemmas of free trade -- 2. International agreements -- 3. Background to trade policy in the US -- 4. Issues concerning US trade practices -- 5. Background to trade policy in the European Union -- 6. Issues concerning EU trade practices -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues conc...

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Main Author: Hanson, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar 2010
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:1. Dilemmas of free trade -- 2. International agreements -- 3. Background to trade policy in the US -- 4. Issues concerning US trade practices -- 5. Background to trade policy in the European Union -- 6. Issues concerning EU trade practices -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues concerning Japanese trade practices -- 9. A comparative perspective -- 10. Prospects for reform
This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the prospects for significant trade liberalization. The author examines the liability of global free trade through a review of the complaints that these three countries raised about each other over a five-year period. He concludes that free trade may be increasingly hampered as barriers are created more rapidly than can be resolved, and that the prospects for significantly strengthening safeguards are limited
Physical Description:vii, 214 p
ISBN:9781849803342
9781847202475
1847202470