Minilateralism : how trade alliances, soft law, and financial engineering are redefining economic statecraft / Chris Brummer, Georgetown University Law Center.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brummer, Chris, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Foreign trade regulation.

International finance--Law and legislation.

International finance.

Soft law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Economic diplomacy is changing. The multilateral organizations that dominated the last half of the twentieth century no longer monopolize economic affairs. Instead, countries are resorting to more modest 'minilateral' strategies like trade alliances, informal 'soft law' agreements, and financial engineering to manage the global economy. Like traditional modes of economic statecraft, these tools are aimed at both liberalizing and supervising international financial policy in a world of diverse national interests. But unlike before, they are specifically tailored to navigating a post-American (and post-Western) world where economic power is more diffuse than ever before. This book explains how these strategies work and reveals how this new diplomatic toolbox will reshape how countries do business with one another for decades to come.

Contents:

Introduction : rethinking cooperation in a multipolar world

Multilateralism's rise and fall

Playing the numbers in trade

Soft law in international finance

Hedging bets in the monetary system

Managing minilateralism.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781107281998

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