Airbus Industrie: Conflict and Cooperation in US-EC Trade Relations - Hardcover

Steven McGuire

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333687175 ISBN 13: 9780333687178

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

Synopsis

The Airbus trade dispute has been a source of friction in US-EC relations since the late 1970s. Airbus Industrie - a group of four European aircraft-makers - has grown to challenge American dominance of the civil aircraft business. However, it has done so in part thanks to generous European government subsidies which, the United States argues, are examples of unfair trade.

Yet in spite of its potential for conflict, the Airbus dispute did not cause a trade war and, indeed, the two sides have negotiated a managed trade regime for airliners. How do we explain this cooperative outcome? McGuire examines the dispute and considers the role played by aerospace firms, and international regimes such as the GATT and the transatlantic alliance relationship. Drawing on published sources and interviews with the key players in the dispute, the author asserts that international cooperation must be considered in light of the corporate strategy of globalized firms.

About this title

Synopsis:

This book examines an event that never happened - a trade war between the US and the EC in respect of the civil aircraft builder, Airbus Industrie. By understanding this trade dispute, the author casts light on broader issues of international cooperation by focusing on the bilateral trade negotiations that took place between 1979 and 1992. He considers that role played by aerospace firms, the GATT and the transatlantic alliance in shaping this cooperative outcome.

About the Author:

STEVEN McGUIRE is a Research Fellow in the Department of European Studies at Loughborough University: he previously taught at Coventry University. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford. His teaching and research interests are in international political economy, especially the world aerospace industry and European industrial policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0333687175
• ISBN 13: 9780333687178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232