Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Explaining US trade policy: a state society approach; An American trade policy regime crisis; Hardliners versus free traders; The semiconductor agreement: a hardline landmark; Reagan, Bush and selective demands for results; The hardliners advance; Free traders and Japan's 'structural impediments'; The revisionist moment with a hardliner-in-chief; The eclipse of the Japan problem; Notes; References; Index
Summary
Kunkel combines research in economics, politics and history in this important case study while offering theoretical insights and practical lessons on the forces shaping US trade policy at the start of the twenty-first century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index
