Lovett (Tulane Law School), Eckes (a former commissioner of the U.S. International Commission during the Reagan and Bush I administrations), and Brinkman (international economics, Portland State U.) evaluate the evolution of U.S. trade policy, focusing on the period from the establishment of the Gen

This paper assesses the major developments in U.S. trade policies since the creation of the WTO in 1995. It is based in large measure on the fourth biannual (1996) WTO Trade Policy Review of the United States and updated through 1997. The discussion and assessments include in particular: the...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- I. Theory -- 2. Reciprocal Trade Agreements and the Demand for Liberalization -- 3. Reciprocity and Congressional Delegation -- II. Historical Overview -- 4. Reciprocity and American Trade Policy, 1890-1994 -- III. Quantitative Evidence -- 5....

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