International trade and commerce

The Asia-Pacific region has, in the eyes of most observers, the potential to become the engine of global economic growth in the 21st century.

This book presents the views of an international group of trade experts, who analyses the policies of the United States, Japan, and the European Community vis-a-vis the GATT.

This book presents International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium commissioned papers.

This book reexamines the U.

The contributors to this volume analyze the general problems of economic transition in countries of the former Eastern bloc: changing the ownership structure, abolishing the command economy, and integrating with the world economy.

This book presents various aspects of the changing nature of East-West relations and attempts to anticipate future trends in East-West trade and technology transfer, dealing with the evolution of national approaches towards trade and technology transfer.

This book originated with a conference that we held at Pontificia Universidad Cat61ica de Chile in late 1981.

The successful completion of the GATT negotiations and the North American Free Trade Agreement and the completion of the EC Internal Market mean that food and agricultural sectors must become internationally competitive.

The major grain producing nations are moving toward the reduction of domestic and export subsidies to agriculture.

This book presents a study of the trade objectives and strategies of Japan, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil and the European Community, and of the implications of the policies for both the US and the international trading system of the 1990s.

This book includes a collection of papers on surveys of topics under consideration in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, analysis of topics of traditional concern to developing countries, and a few theoretical papers on the role of law in the international trading system.

This study seeks to identify the determinants of Brazil's favourable export performance until the mid-1980s, especially in the field of manufactured goods.

International trade policy is facing a cross-roads.

This book focuses on the international politics of transborder data flows.

This book analyzes the use of strategic embargoes and economic sanctions in the postwar period, tracing their changing applications in the context of developments in the global distribution of power.

In recent years, the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany have disagreed sharply over the politics and economics of East-West relations.

This book aims to provide a glimpse into the vital debate among Japanese and Western scholars, policymakers, and private sector leaders concerning Japan's future course-a process with implications extending far beyond Japan to the entire world political system.

After World War II, Japan reemerged in the arena of international relations as an almost exclusively economic power without military might or territorial ambitions.

The deterioration of detente in the wake of the ongoing Soviet arms build-up has sharply focused the East-West trade debate on the question of advanced technology transfer from the United States and its allies to the Soviet bloc.

Arguing for a new and sober look at the nature of U.

The current economic policy debate between the United States and Japan, increasingly assuming the attributes of an adversary proceeding, has roots in divisive issues that have simmered for years.

The combined efforts of the World Peace Foundation, the G.

The combined efforts of the World Peace Foundation, the C.

Although small geographically, Kuwait casts a disproportionately large shadow in the areas of international finance, energy, and trade.

Covering the period 1981-1982 and containing more than 2, 000 entries of books, articles (from 283 periodicals in nine different languages), studies, reports, and official documents, this international bibliography on economic cooperation and regional integration among developing countries includes annotations for many entries, an alphabetical list

Intended as a basic text on ocean shipping, this book provides a basis for understanding how the industry functions and the problems and issues that arise because of its international character.

Is it possible to feed those who now are hungry in the world in addition to the billions of people who will be born by the end of the century?

This book describes the nature and magnitude of food insecurity in less-developed countries, stressing the various practical problems at the country level.

Openness in the international economy happens when countries employ the commercial policies needed to mould free trade into an outcome that serves their national interests.

In this engaging volume, the editors present the influential work of economist Gottfried Haberler, whom Paul Samuelson judges qualified for about two-and-a-half Nobel prizes in economics.

In this timely volume, an international group of economists, trade negotiators, and environmentalists brings diverse perspectives to bear on the contentious issue of international trade and the environment.

This book considers the issue of regional exposure to external economic events, exploring the role of trade in the performance of American states.

This book is the outcome of a conference on 'Empirical Studies of Industrial Organization and Trade in the Food Industries' in Indianapolis.

This book contributes to 1995 policymaking by offering information concerning an array of issues fundamentally important to the U.

In art era of ever-increasing national consciousness combined, paradoxically, with pressures for regional economic integration, this thought-provoking and exhaustively researched volume will challenge readers' assumptions about optimal paths to national economic development.

The International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (lA TRC) is a group of economists from around the world who are interested in fostering research and providing a forum for the exchange of ideas relating to international trade of agricultural commodities.

This groundbreaking volume combines theories of economic liberalization with a wide variety of case studies from market and socialist economies.

This book is an attempt towards developing an understanding of China's "e;policy of opening up to the outside.

This book is an outcome of the conference on International Finance and Agricultural Trade in San Antonio, in 1988.

This book addresses a number of issues related to the estimation and application of elasticities in international agricultural trade.

The international system comprises a plurality of sovereign states often pursuing conflicting interests.

This book is an outcome of conference on Economic Cooperation in the Middle East held at Tel Aviv University in 1986.

China, with over 20 percent of the earth's population, is both the world's largest producer and largest consumer of cereal grains.

This book provides a historical perspective of the Uruguay Round agreement and focuses on the interaction between the developed and developing countries on matters relating to the global trading system and its disciplines since the founding of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

This book is based on the proceedings of a conference held in June 1996 under co-sponsorship of the International Agricultural Trade Consortium and The Retail Food Industry Center.

Agricultural trade, always a source of international friction, will remain a contentious issue in the years to come.

Alpo Rusi provides a broad vision of the strategic landscape for the coming century, warning against dangers inherent in the emerging world order.

In light of current negotiations concerning NAFTA and GATT, the question of intellectual property and its impact on international trade has taken on renewed urgency.

This book examines two opposing interpretations of NAFTAs potential expansion into a Western Hemisphere Free Trade Association (WHFTA)one fearing the creation of a deliberately exclusionary Fortress America, the other welcoming the prospect of substantial economic opportunities for Asia and the countries of the Pacific Rim.

This unique text integrates for the first time the three critical aspects of U.