International Economics

Global Production is the first book to provide a fully comprehensive overview of the complicated issues facing multinational companies and their gl...

The TRIPS Agreement is the most comprehensive and influential international treaty on intellectual property rights. It brings intellectual property...

The purpose of the book is to extend and develop the literature on foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational corporation (MNCs) subsidiarie...

This completely new investigation of the fair trade phenomenon looks in depth at the emergence over the last two decades of a movement that aims to...

In this much-needed book, Graham Dunkley challenges the oft-repeated notion that free trade and global integration are the best means of developmen...

The Indian Ocean World was an idea borne out by researchers in economic history and trade in the 1980s in response to the compartmentalization of s...

Trade growth between the United States and China has increased U.S. interest in how the Chinese transportation system handles exports. The Federal ...

This book adopts an approach of mixed-method research with an in-depth qualitative comparative case study analysis triangulated by a quantitative s...

This book makes an intensive review of the literature on trade liberalisation and its impacts on growth and distribution in developing countries. M...

Amid over a half a century of antagonistic political relations between the United States and Cuba during which commercial ties were largely severed...

According to Department of Energy (DOE) and industry expectations, in the next few years the United States is expected to change from a net importe...

This book provides an overview of the concerns of U.S. companies, farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers, who increasingly encounter non-tariff trade...

Although the United States has complied with adverse rulings in many past World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes, there are currently 10 cases in ...

Exporting is good for American business, American workers and American jobs. That is why President Obama set the goal of doubling U.S. exports in f...

The book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the withdrawal agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and the European Union to to cr...

International trade is a critical component of the U.S. economy, with U.S. merchandise imports and exports amounting to $2.2 trillion and $1.5 tril...

Export-Import Theory, Practices, and Procedures is the first book on the topic aimed squarely at the academic audience. Discussing theoretical issu...

From 1823 to 1860 a fleet of small, fast brigs and schooners carried chests of opium from India to China, often facing the challenges of pirates an...

This book includes CRS reports on various security, trade and oil issues such as the OPEC and Non-OPEC Crude Oil Production Agreement, in which, in...

This is a book that none of us can afford to ignore an agenda-setting, campaigning investigation that shows how global finance works for the few a...

From automobiles, electronics, and plastics, to software development or clothing, many goods and services today are provided via global supply chai...

Few people could tell you what happened on 11th December 2001, yet China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will define the geopolit...

The Spice Route is one of history's greatest anomalies: shrouded in mystery, it existed long before anyone knew of its extent or configuration. Spi...

This book examines the United States and the 27-member European Union (EU), which share a huge, dynamic, and mutually beneficial economic partnersh...

This book examines the developments and impacts of the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA), which extends duty-free treatment to certain U.S. import...

In the last few years, the U.S. has considered bilateral and regional free trade areas (FTAs) with a number of trading partners. FTAs could raise s...

U.S. exporters are hitting their stride in the global economy, with record exports making an increasingly important contribution to overall U.S. ec...

One of the most important yet least understood organizations in the world, the WTO is a lynchpin of globalization, allowing us to enjoy products an...

The United States has a long history of employing various types of trade incentives to encourage specific trade activities. Motivated by commercial...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed regional free trade agreement (FTA) currently under negotiation between Australia, Brunei, Chile,...

As the world''''s leading market for electronic products, the United States generates large quantities of used electronic products (UEPs) each year...