It is now acknowledged even by US officials that Japan's recent efforts to liberalize trade have been remarkable. Our author, who has recently published a book on "Japan's Options for the 1980s", argues that the continuing EEC complaints about Japan's behaviour as a trading partner are...

In view of the lasting recession and the constantly high numbers of unemployed in the western industrialised countries, endangered industries and some governments resorted to protectionism during the last months. Besides Olivier Long, Director General of GATT, Wilhelm Haferkamp, Vice-President...

In spite of all protestations and exhortations it is a fact that trade liberalization, the modern version of free trade, is caught in a crisis. Professor Detlef Lorenz is here analysing the causes of this crisis and suggesting alternatives for a future liberalization policy.