| Description |
1 online resource (332 pages) |
| Series |
A Century Foundation Book |
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Century Foundation book
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| Contents |
The Post-Cold War Trading System; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; One The Sources of Convergence; Two Building the Convergence Club: Technology and Investment; Three The GATT House: Termites in the Basement; Four The Eighties: Pacific Prelude; Five The East Asian Challenge: A New Convergence Club?; Six The Uruguay Round: Renewing Multilateralism; Seven Building the Post-Cold War Trading System; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
With the end of the Cold War, the search for a new international and economic order has begun. In this comprehensive account, Sylvia Ostry provides a critical analysis of an international trade system in the throes of rapid and far-reaching change. With keen historical awareness, Ostry examines the role of key economic power brokers, particularly the United States, in the reconstruction and reconfiguration of an international economy after World War II. She argues that U.S. policy efforts were so successful that they led to an unprecedented renewal of economic growth, living standards, and edu |
| Analysis |
cold war, government, policy, history, economics, politics, education, living standards, growth, economic, international, trade, economy, investment, capitalism, convergence, technology, gatt, east asia, uruguay, multilateralism, nonfiction, development, reconstruction, japan, barriers, dominance, globalization, competition, profit |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
International trade.
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Commercial policy.
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International economic integration.
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Commercial policy
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International economic integration
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International trade
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Commercial policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139978
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226637914 |
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0226637913 |
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