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?American Trade Politics is the most influential and widely read analysis of the US trade policymaking system. In the third edition of this winner of the American Political Science Association's Gladys Kammerer award for the best book on US national policy, Destler extends his original analysis to assess the politics of the extraordinarily contentious debates over NAFTA and the Uruguay Round. He explains how free traders overcame the opposing forces represented by H. Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan, and Ralph Nader to secure congressional approval for the two most important US trade agreements in the postwar period. The liberal trade regime survived these latest challenges, but Destler nevertheless argues that there is a need for reform of the policymaking system in the 1990s to advance US-led free trade negotiations in the Western Hemisphere and the Asia Pacific as well as future rounds of global liberalization. The supplement, The New Politics of American Trade: Trade, Labor and the Environment, by I.M. Destler and Peter J. Balint, reexamines the landscape of trade politics. It shows how trade advocates and labor and environmental skeptics differ significantly in both their substantive views and their political and organizational cultures. The authors demonstrate how this new challenge differs from that of traditional trade protectionism, likening it instead to the debate a century ago over whether and how to regulate American capitalism for social purposes. The analysis leads to a set of recommendations aimed at constructive compromise and a new political foundation for US trade policy leadership.
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Praise for the first edition:
"Terrific. I loved it.")-(Carla A. Hills), (U.S. Trade Representative)
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"A highly compelling account of America's trade troubles and what can be done about them . . . As polished and as informative a book as is likely to be written on the subject.")-(Jay Culbert), ("The World Economy")
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." . .the political-economic-historical Bible for [US trade policy].")-(J. David Richardson), (Syracuse University)
Praise for the first edition:
"Terrific. I loved it."-Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative
"A highly compelling account of America's trade troubles and what can be done about them . . . As polished and as informative a book as is likely to be written on the subject."-Jay Culbert, "The World Economy"
." . .the political-economic-historical Bible for [US trade policy]."-J. David Richardson, Syracuse University
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I.M. Destler was a Visiting Fellow and Professor and Acting Dean (1994-1995) at the School of Public Affairs and Director of its Center for International and Security Studies. He was Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1977-83) and the Brookings Institution (1972-1977); and Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University (1971-1972) and at the International University of Japan (1986).
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- PublisherPeterson Institute for International Economics
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 088132292X
- ISBN 13 9780881322927
- BindingPaperback
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