Trade Politics - Tapa blanda

Reseña del editor

Leading experts provide a clear overview of the evolving environment of trade politics and the current issues surrounding its development. Trade politics is a hot topic this year, particuarly since the changes in world economy following the Asian crisis. Written with students in mind this book includes chapters on:

• trade and security
• ideas and policies
• intellectual property
• the environment
• regions in world trade
• trade organizations
• states and sovereignty.

Trade Politics is a broad ranging volume that uses an interdisciplinary approach to give a depth of analysis, on the most contemporary trade issues, that will be invaluable to students seeking to understand an increasingly complex trading environment.

Reseña del editor

Trade has always been an intensely political activity. Its conduct determines the well-being of entire national communities and expansion of trade since World War II has been one of the major engines of world economic growth. Trade Politics provides a comprehensive overview of the changing political environment in which trade policy is shaped. It covers a range of issues from the more traditional such as agriculture to the more recent such as the encryption of electronic data. Leading experts provide the reader with a clear overview of the evolving environment of trade politics and the current issues around which it is developing. Chapters cover: trade and security ideas and policies intellectual property the environment regions in world trade trade organizations states and sovereignty Trade Politics is a broad ranging volume that uses an interdisciplinary approach to give a depth of analysis, on the most important contemporary trade issues that will be invaluable to students seeking to understand an increasingly complex trading environment.