Australia and the Global Trade System
Australia and the Global Trade System

Author: Ann Capling

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-04-02

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780521785259

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Australia and the Global Trade System provides a comprehensive account of Australia's role in developing and maintaining the multilateral trade system from its origins in 1947 to the present day. Australia was one of the 23 original signatories to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and its participation was vital to the success of international efforts to reconstruct a multilateral trade system after the disastrous experiences of the 1930s. Since then, Australia has wielded far more influence in the GATT, and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO). This 2001 book, based on archival sources and oral interviews, makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Australia's trade policies, its commercial diplomacy, and its role and position in the global political economy. It provides a perspective on debates about the capacity of small nations to be agents as well as subjects of history.

Crisis in the World Trading System
Crisis in the World Trading System

Author: Committee for Economic Development of Australia

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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"Contribution by CEDA to the Conference of International Counterpart Organisations, Paris, 1-2 December 1993".

China and the World Trading System
China and the World Trading System

Author: Deborah Z. Cass

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-03-06

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 113943649X

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China, the world's sixth largest economy, has recently joined the rules-based international trading system. What are the implications of this accession? Leading scholars and practitioners from the US, Europe, China, Australia and Japan argue that China's membership will affect the WTO's decision-making, dispute resolution and rule-based structures. It will also spur legal and economic reform, have far-reaching social, political and distributional consequences in China, facilitate a new role for China in international geo-political affairs, and alter the shape, structure and content of the international trading system as a whole. Of interest to scholars of China, as well as trade lawyers and economists.

Trading Nation
Trading Nation

Author: Mike Adams

Publisher: UNSW Press

Published: 2013-12-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1742241514

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From wool and gold to minerals and manufacturing, Trading Nation reviews the history of Australia’s trade and trade policy since Federation. The book tackles a number of key questions which are central to the nation’s future. What is the future of our trade in minerals, agriculture, manufacturing and services? How can trade policy help address our faltering productivity? Is the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations dead and, if not, what can be done to conclude it? What can we expect from new free trade agreements? Is there more we could be doing in trade policy with Europe, India and Latin America? This comprehensive book also looks ahead at the options for Australia’s future trade and trade policy.

In Between Countries
In Between Countries

Author: Andrew F. Cooper

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1997-11-25

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0773566864

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The book explores how and why two self-identified middle powers adopted such distinctive styles in their diplomatic approaches. Focusing on a period of crucial developments in diplomacy, Andrew Cooper analyses the policies of each country, emphasizes distinctive interests and policies, and systematically compares key features of the actions of the two countries. While the book is very much policy driven, it is also firmly based on an appreciation of the distinctiveness of Australia and Canada. Cooper argues that the contemporary expression of duality in diplomatic approach can only be fully understood when set against the divergent historical experiences of the two countries. Not only has the structural, situational, and psychological location of Australia and Canada set them apart throughout the postwar period, but their pattern of political development has differed appreciably.

The Future Pacific Economic Order
The Future Pacific Economic Order

Author: Australian Institute of International Affairs. National Conference

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13:

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Collection of papers from the 1992 National Conference of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Examines events in the Pacific rim from state, national and international perspectives, focusing on trade and Australia's role in the region. Contributors include Wayne Goss, Robert Hill and John Kerin. Includes an index.

The World Trading System at Risk
The World Trading System at Risk

Author: Jagdish N. Bhagwati

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1400861594

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Jagdish Bhagwati, one of the world's leading economists, offers a fascinating overview of the perils and promise facing the world trading system. That system is now being subjected to powerful centrifugal forces. Concerns with unfair trade are rampant, managed trade is increasingly popular, and regionalism is spreading. The United States, the traditional bulwark of multilateralism, has recently resorted to aggressive, unilateral tactics in trade policy. To a consideration of these developments, Bhagwati brings a unique blend of economic theory, historical scholarship, and familiarity with the institutions of world trade. Bhagwati refutes facile but fashionable criticisms of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Warning of the dangers of flouting the GATT's provisions, he shows that its underlying conception of trading by rules will be undermined if we extend accusations of "unfair trade" practices to areas as diverse as retail distribution systems, infrastructure spending, saving rates, and workers' rights. He challenges the economic and cultural stereotypes of Japan that fuel the sentiments supporting managed trade and aggressive unilateralism. In addition, he provides novel suggestions for rebuilding the GATT and with it the world trading system itself--suggestions that should prove useful at the Uruguay Round and beyond. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.