Governments, non-state actors and trade policy-making : negotiating preferentially or multilaterally? / co-edited by Ann Capling and Patrick Low.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Capling, Ann, 1959- editor.

Low, Patrick, 1949- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tariff preferences--Developing countries.

Tariff preferences.

Trade blocs--Developing countries.

Trade blocs.

Non-governmental organizations--Developing countries.

Non-governmental organizations.

Non-state actors (International relations).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Governments, Non-State Actors & Trade Policy-Making

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the most pressing issues confronting the multilateral trade system is the challenge posed by the rapid proliferation of preferential trade agreements. Plenty has been written about why governments might choose to negotiate preferentially or multilaterally, but until now it has been written almost exclusively from the perspective of governments. We know very little about how non-state actors view this issue of 'forum choice', nor how they position themselves to influence choices by governments about whether to emphasize PTAs or the WTO. This book addresses that issue squarely through case studies of trade policy-making and forum choice in eight developing countries: Chile, Colombia, Mexico, South Africa, Kenya, Jordan, Indonesia and Thailand. The case studies are based on original research by the authors, including interviews with state and non-state actors involved in the trade policy-making process in the eight countries of this study.

Contents:

Introduction / Ann Capling and Patrick Low

The domestic politics of trade policy-making : state and non-state actor interactions and forum choice / Ann Capling and Patrick Low

Chile / Sebastián Herreros

Colombia / Hernando J. Gómez and Javier Gamboa

Mexico / Jaime Zabludovsky and Linda Pasquel

Indonesia / Alexander C. Chandra and Lutfiyah Hanim

Thailand / Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Jordan / Riad Al Khouri

Kenya / Njuguna Ng'ethe and Jacob Omolo

South Africa / Peter Draper, Tsidiso Disenyana and Gilberto Biacuana

The influence of international non-state actors in multilateral and preferential trade agreements : a question of forum shopping? / Maria Perez-Esteve

Main findings and conclusions / Ann Capling and Patrick Low.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-36572-X

1-107-21250-2

0-511-68708-7

1-280-87902-5

0-511-93142-5

9786613720337

0-511-92757-6

0-511-92503-4

0-511-93276-6

0-511-93008-9

OCLC:

797919796