World trade is governed by the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the successor to the General Agreement on … Tariffs and Trade (GATT). The WTO sets rules of conduct for the international trade of goods and services and for intellectual … Bagwell and Robert Staiger provide an economic analysis and justification for the purpose and design of the GATT/WTO. They …

macroeconomic issues facing the world economy. Designed for the nonspecialist but a source of fresh insight for the specialist as …

including empirical studies of the welfare effects of quality - upgrading voluntary export restrictions and import quotas …

the world in this timely book. Jagdish Bhagwati provides a clear, informative, and witty analysis of the protection debate …

those that are more integrated into the world capital markets. In Too Sensational, W. Max Corden presents a systematic and …

This volume of original essays brings the practical world of trade policy and of government and business strategy … together with the world of academic trade theory. It focuses in particular on the impact of changes in the international trade …

was marked by the spread of protectionist trade policies, which contributed to a collapse in world trade. Although … concise exposition of such topics as the effect of higher trade barriers on the implosion of world trade; the impact of the … the multilateral system of world trade; and lessons for avoiding future trade wars. …

world trade to explore issues in the area of trade liberalization among major world trading areas - the European Economic … Community, the United States, Japan, and developing countries. His book is unique both in using this framework to analyze world … Tokyo Round trade agreement, examination of incentives for a retaliatory trade protection 'war' between world trade blocs …