International Commodity Control: A Contemporary History and Appraisal (Routledge Library Editions: Commodities) - Softcover

Gordon-Ashworth, Fiona

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032687959 ISBN 13: 9781032687957

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

Originally published in 1984, at a time when international commodity control was brought from the periphery to the centre of international trade policy, this book provided a new and more comprehensive approach to, and an analytical appraisal of, international commodity controls, from their origins in the 1920s to their widespread acceptance as an important element in international trade policy in the 1970s. The first part establishes the economic and institutional background against which controls were introduced and includes sections on a wide range of issues such as the changing structure of world commodity trade and the roles of GATT, UNCTAD and the former EEC. Part 2 considers the principal control mechanisms which have been used at the international level and review the national counterparts and alternatives. Part 3 assesses on a commodity-by-commodity basis how the control worked in practice. It covers all the international commodity agreements to 1982 and also considers examples of raw material cartels.

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About the Author

Fiona Gordon-Ashworth worked in the International Division of the Bank of England.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032687959
• ISBN 13: 9781032687957
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378