This book provides an excellent resource for understanding the forces in international trade liberalization that has brought us to this point, both the successes and setbacks and the countervailing forces which now vie for the public's mind and support: the outcome of which will determine the future progress of increased globalization, or lack thereof.

The book also examines whether trade policy has indeed promoted exports in the vast number of countries who increasingly look to trade agreements to gain a competitive edge and to what extent export driven growth has been an...