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Limits to free trade : non-tariff barriers in the European Union, Japan and United States / David Hanson

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar, 2010Description: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 214 p)ISBN:
  • 9781849803342
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 1847202470 | 9781847202475 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: Limits to free trade. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2010. VII, 214 S.DDC classification:
  • 382.3094
RVK: RVK: QM 200 | QM 000 | QM 230LOC classification:
  • HF1430
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781849803342Online resources: Summary: This book explores the growing list of non-tariff trade barriers raised by the US, EU and Japan and assesses the prospects for significant trade liberalization. The author examines the liability of global free trade through a review of the complaints that these three countries raised about each other over a five-year period. He concludes that free trade may be increasingly hampered as barriers are created more rapidly than can be resolved, and that the prospects for significantly strengthening safeguards are limitedSummary: 1. Dilemmas of free trade -- 2. International agreements -- 3. Background to trade policy in the US -- 4. Issues concerning US trade practices -- 5. Background to trade policy in the European Union -- 6. Issues concerning EU trade practices -- 7. Background to trade policy in Japan -- 8. Issues concerning Japanese trade practices -- 9. A comparative perspective -- 10. Prospects for reformPPN: PPN: 1023446030Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE | ZDB-77-ECB | ZDB-77-EEC
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