The Doha negotiations have stalled since last summer, and, as the November elections in the United States highlighted, American advocates of economic nationalism are growing in strength. Nevertheless,
Is trade to blame for rising US income inequality? Not really, contends Lawrence (trade and investment, Harvard U.), who argues much of the reported gap between real blue-collar wages and labor produc
The "circle of opportunity" refers to President Bush's proposal in 2003 for a US-Middle East free trade agreement. Lawrence (trade and investment, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard U./seni
Lawrence examines the role of trade in developed and developing countries and its impact on labor markets and wage inequality, and discusses what he considers the more important effects of technologic
Could douce commerce be an answer in the Middle East? Galal (Egyptian Center for Economic Studies and the World Bank), Lawrence (trade and investment, Harvard U.) and their contributors believe a free
This study considers what would happen if remaining barriers to integration in international goods markets were eliminated. Bradford (economics, Brigham Young U.) and Lawrence (trade and investment, H
Presents five important trade negotiations all focused on "making the rules," or the process of establishing how the trade system would operate. Explores the changing substance of trade agreements and
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, I
Volume 1 of this series presents five cases on trade negotiations that have had important effects on trade policy rulemaking, and an analytic framework for evaluating these negotiations.
