Case Studies in U S Trade Negotians—Resolving Disputes

Devereaux (John F. Kennedy School of Government's Trade and Negotiation Program, US), Lawrence (Peterson Institute for International Economics, US), and Watkins (practice in organizational behavior, INSEAD-Institut Europeen d'Administration Des Affaires, France) present the second of two volumes to analyze case studies of US trade negotiation. This volume's cases concern dispute resolution negotiations within the context of the World Trade Organization system. The cases include the United States-European Union dispute over hormone-treated beef, the US Trade Representative's challenge of the European Union's banana regime, negotiations between the US Trade Representative and the Japanese Fair Trade Commission over competition between Eastman Kodak Co. and Fuji Photo Film, the successful European challenge to US steel tariffs instituted by George W. Bush, Brazil's case against US cotton subsidies, and the US-EU dispute over trade in genetically modified crops. The cases describe the substance of the conflicts and their political contexts and also describe how they have played out in the dispute resolution process. The purpose of the cases is descriptive and policy recommendations and normative arguments have been avoided. The companion volume explores cases of negotiations over trade rules that until recently were considered national domestic matters solely. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Z. Lawrence was a senior fellow and also the Albert L. Williams Professor of Trade and Investment at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served as a member of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers from 1999 to 2000.

Charan Devereaux is a senior researcher at the John F. Kennedy School of Government's Trade and Negotiations Program and the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, where she writes on international trade issues.

Michael D. Watkins is a professor of practice in organizational behavior at INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He is also founding partner of Genesis Advisers, a leadership strategy consultancy. He is the author of The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at all Levels (2003) and Breakthrough Business Negotiation: A Toolbox for Managers (Jossey-Bass, winner of the CPR Institute prize for best negotiation book in 2002).