The development of postwar Canadian trade policy : the failure of the Anglo-European option / B.W. Muirhead.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muirhead, Bruce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Canada--1945-.

History.

Canada--Commercial policy.

Canada.

Canada--Economic conditions--1945-.

Canada--Foreign economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Muirhead agrees that any government must work to maximize national income and independent choice. He shows that Canada actively pursued a policy of multilateralism and non-discrimination as epitomized by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. In addition, the government tried unsuccessfully to resurrect commercial ties with the United Kingdom, its largest pre-war overseas market. Muirhead finds that in both these efforts Canada was thwarted by postwar realities that hindered its exploitation of markets in Britain and Western Europe. The United States remained the only market able and willing to absorb the billions of dollars of Canadian exports on which Canada's prosperity depended.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction: Bilateralism, Trilateralism, and Multilateralism, 1930-45

The Decline of Anglo-Canadian Trade, 1945-50

The Failure of the Multilateral Option: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1945-51

“Hold That Line”: Continued Dollar Discrimination, 1950-57

The Organization for European Economic Cooperation, Dollar Restrictions, and Canada, 1948-57

Canada and the GATT, 1952-56

Canada at Sixes and Sevens

Conclusion

Canadian Exports, 1923-57, ($CAN)

Canadian Imports, 1923-57 ($CAN)

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-224) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85604-9

9786612856044

0-7735-6352-0

OCLC:

144142990