Australia and the Global Trade System
Australia and the World 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. This 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.
- Only comprehensive assessment in book form of Australia's role in international trade agreements and regulation since WWII
- Will appeal to scholars in politics and economics in general, and policy-makers and practitioners in finance, trade and international law
Reviews & endorsements
"Meticulously researched and densely descriptive..." Canadian Journal of Political Science
Product details
June 2001Hardback
9780521780544
272 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.53kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. International trade and the origins of the GATT
- 2. Australia joins, 1947: national sovereignty versus the benefits of liberal trade
- 3. Antipodean dissatisfaction: the GATT Review, 1954–5
- 4. The balancing act: bilateralism and Australian trade with the UK and Japan
- 5. Free rider or out rider? The Kennedy and Tokyo Rounds
- 6. The problem that won't go away: Australia and agricultural trade protectionism
- 7. Australia's finest hour? The Uruguay Round and the Cairns Group
- 8. Coercive multilateralism? The Uruguay Round, TRIPS and TRIMS
- Conclusion.