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The Sovereign Remedy?

Trade Agreements in a Globalizing World

Antoni Estevadeordal author Kati Suominen author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:23rd Apr '09

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International trade and the rapidly proliferating network of trade agreements have aroused passions for decades. While some blame trade agreements for exporting jobs, sowing poverty, furthering illegal migration, and robbing national sovereignty, others praise them as lynchpins of growth, pillars of peace, guarantors of security, and engines of globalization. Still others view them as useful instruments for fostering global trade and investment. This book examines whether trade agreements merit the blame levelled against them or the hopes pinned on them. It employs extensive new historical data on trade agreements to examine the features of the ongoing trade agreement wave; analyzes the future implications of trade agreements in the context of the multilateral trading system, world trade, and international politics; and puts forth novel policy proposals to make trade agreements a more constructive force in the global economy.

ISBN: 9780199550159

Dimensions: 241mm x 162mm x 18mm

Weight: 635g

282 pages