International Economics

U.S. foreign-trade zones (FTZs) are geographic areas declared to be outside the normal customs territory of the United States. This means that, for...

This book examines the significance, prospects, and policy options of U.S.-Japan economic relations. Japan and the United States are the two larges...

The Group of Twenty, or G-20, is a forum for advancing economic co-operation among 20 major advanced and emerging-market countries. The G-20 was or...

India''s high agricultural tariffs are a significant impediment to U.S. agricultural exports and certain Indian non-tariff measures (NTMs), includi...

Economists generally acknowledge that trade liberalisation enhances the economic welfare of all trade partners, but with stiffer global competition...

This book examines the close relations between the United States and Panama, stemming in large part from the extensive linkages developed when the ...

The main objective of this publication is establishing an understanding of the process of European integration and hence the current European Union...

This book provides an overview of the National Export Strategy and U.S. government agencies that are involved in export promotion. The National Exp...

This book presents and discusses the economic and trade relations between the United States, Canada and Mexico. Topics discussed include Canada-U.S...

Since late 2008, relations between the United States and South Korea have been arguably at their best state in decades. By the middle of 2010, in t...

Recent incidents, including the collapse of a factory building in Bangladesh, have highlighted poor working conditions overseas. According to the I...

Accurately determining how much of our economy''s total production is American-made can be a daunting task. However, data from the Commerce Departm...

Since late 2008, relations between the United States and South Korea have been arguably at their best state in decades. By the middle of 2010, in t...

The U.S.-EU trade and investment relationship, what many call the transatlantic economy, is a mutually beneficial and globally significant relation...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) among the United States and 11 Asia-Pacific countries. The U.S. Trade ...

Congress has created multiple trade preference programs designed to foster economic growth, reform and development in less developed countries. The...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is Southeast Asia''s primary multilateral organization. Established in 1967, it has grown into o...

Several emerging market economies have experienced large and persistent trade deficits following the liberalisation reforms of the late 80s and ear...

The current global environment is profoundly marked by an economic crisis that started manifesting itself most startlingly with the collapse of the...

Protectionism is the economic policy of restraining trade between states, through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, restrictive quotas, an...

This book explores the current political and economical climates of Pakistan and the People''s Republic of China. It explores China''s foreign aid ...

Emerging markets are countries that are restructuring their economies along market-oriented lines and offer a wealth of opportunities in trade, tec...

The United States and the European Union (EU) economic relationship is the largest in the world -- and it is growing. The modern U.S.-European econ...