At the height of its power around 1800, the English East India Company controlled half of the world’s trade and deployed a vast network of political influencers at home and abroad. Yet the story of th
The Politics of Fair Trade argues that fair trade is more than just labels on specialty coffee products. Nor is fair trade just protectionism in disguise. Rather, fair trade is opposition to unrestric
The Politics of Fair Trade argues that fair trade is more than just labels on specialty coffee products. Nor is fair trade just protectionism in disguise. Rather, fair trade is opposition to unrestr
The United States is entering a period of profound uncertainty in the world political economy--an uncertainty which is threatening the liberal economic order that its own statesmen created at the end
Provides a roadmap for mature industrialized countries to participate in balanced growth without inciting trade wars or precipitating a global recession by adopting a policy of "managed free trade."•
The Brexit debate in the UK focuses almost exclusively on the UK’s own position within the European Union and largely ignores the reaction and opinion of the other twenty-seven member states. The UK’s
The implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland are profound, given its history and geographical position as a land border with the European Union. Four decades of sectarian violence have been replace
The implications of Brexit for Northern Ireland are profound, given its history and geographical position as a land border with the European Union. Four decades of sectarian violence have been replace
Life in the financial markets is punctuated by global events and market subjects are called upon to understand the economic relevance of events. Within International political economy (IPE) two broad
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Chinese-Russian bilateral relationship, grounded in a historical perspective, and discusses the implications of the burgeoning 'strategic partnership
The trading relationship between the United States and China, though now robust, was a recent and hardly inevitable development. Political animosity stemming from the Korean War and America's subseque
Grain Subsidies in Ukraine is the first attempt to examine impact of international trade law on Ukrainian policies in the cereals sector. The author focuses on the role of WTO law and the EU-Ukraine A
Actors of Globalization offers an account of how global events in the late eighteenth century contributed to U.S. economic and social change by detailing the global entrepreneurship of New York mercha
The 2016 International Trade Statistics Yearbook, Volume II - Trade by Product contains detailed tables showing international trade for 258 individual commodities for the 11 main Extended Balance of P
In World Trade Systems of the East and West, Geoffrey C. Gunn profiles Nagasaki's historical role in mediating the Japanese bullion trade, especially silver exchanged against Chinese and Vietnamese si
The international trading system remains a locus of fierce social conflict. The protesters who besiege gatherings of its managers-most famously on the streets of Seattle at the turn of the millennium-
Presents the issues of free trade, globalization, increased international contacts, and possible future economic changes from both pro and con perspectives.
