International trade in the 1970s : the US, the EC and protectionism / Giuseppe La Barca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

La Barca, Giuseppe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International trade.

United States--Commercial policy.

United States.

Europe--Commercial policy.

Europe.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

Europe--Foreign economic relations.

United States--Economic conditions--1971-1981.

Europe--Economic conditions--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 1970s marked the end of the years in which the United States was the guarantor of a free world trade order, while Western Europe made efforts to catch up with the economic superpower. In this book, Dr La Barca explains how the trade environment and trade policies in the United States and in the European Community during the 1970s were more complex than frequently acknowledged. In particular, he examines the promotion of greater governmental protection of national industries and the relationship between such tendencies and the negotiations aimed at reducing trade barriers. This analysis sho

Contents:

FC; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Tables; List of Figures; Introduction; 1 Background to the Upheavals and Settlement Attempts of the 1970s; An overview of the backdrop to EC and US difficulties in the early 1970s.; Trade expansion, trade interventionism and extension of corporations' activities beyond national borders; 2 Conflict and Cooperation on Trade Issues Between the Transatlantic Partners and the Launching of a New Multilateral Round of Trade Negotiations; The background to the Tokyo Round negotiations

The undoing of the Bretton Woods regime and its impact on trade relationsThe Road towards a new round of multilateral trade negotiations in the GATT; 3 Crisis and Unstable Recovery (October 1973-December 1976); The economic conjuncture and its impact on domestic and international policies in the United States and in the European Community; The initial phase of the multilateral trade negotiations; Bilateral agreements and disputes in the framework of GATT; 4 The Slackening of Growth in the EC Countries and the Strengthening of Protectionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Differences and similarities in the economic trend of the transatlantic economic areas and their impact on the EC and US economic policiesGrowth and recession in main US and EC industries and measures adopted to support them; A comprehensive assessment: to what extent was protectionism on the rise in the years following the first oil crisis and which forms did it take?; 5 The Last Phase of the Uruguay Round; The re-launch of the multilateral negotiations under the Carter administration; The final stages of the negotiations; Results of the Tokyo Round

6 The end of the 1970s and the Dawn of a New Decade: the Second Oil Shock and the Aftermath of the Tokyo Round NegotiationsThe second oil shock and its impact on the US and EC economies; The implementation of the Tokyo Round codes; Sectors calling for financial aid and protection from foreign competition; Overview of the development in the 1970s from the perspective of the following decade; Conclusions; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4411-3403-4

OCLC:

833766634