Kennedy's initiative for a new Gatt Round: liberalising international trade and strengthening the Atlantic alliance -- The EEC's answer to the U.S. proposal: accepting the Round while defending its regionalism -- Devising the rule of the Kennedy Round (1963-1964) -- The regional crisis in a...

This volume is a major historical contribution to the enduring debate about whether trade makes peace more likely. In nine detailed historical case studies - spread over 500 years and spanning the globe - the contributors explore the dynamic between trade and conflict and examine the...

"This book deals with the historical relationship between international trade liberalisation - one of the backbones of globalisation - and the development of social welfare. In Europe the issue has regularly been at the centre of the political debate for at least two centuries, and still...

1. Kennedy's initiative for a new GATT Round : liberalising international trade and strengthening the Atlantic Alliance -- 2. The EEC's answer to the U.S. proposal : accepting the Round while defending its regionalism -- 3. Devising the rule of the Kennedy Round -- 4. The regional crisis in a...