International Trade

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...

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

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,...

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...

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

A major issue on the agenda of the ongoing Doha Round of multilateral negotiations by members of the World Trade Organization concerns how and to w...

From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the slave trade. T...