In this new, fully updated edition of Trade Politics, leading experts from Europe and North America provide a comprehensive overview of the politics of international trade in the 21st century. The book explains the changing political environment in which trade policy is shaped, the core political issues, the future trade agenda and the role of the key actors.Subjects covered include; transatlantic trade relations regional trading agreements in Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America; how trade affects developing countries; the politics of the World Trade Organization; key policy areas...

This book examines an event that never happened - a trade war between the US and the EC in respect of the civil aircraft builder, Airbus Industrie. By understanding this trade dispute, the author casts light on broader issues of international cooperation by focusing on the bilateral trade negotiations that took place between 1979 and 1992. He considers the role played by aerospace firms, the GATT and the transatlantic alliance in shaping this cooperative outcome.