International Trade Negotiations and Domestic Politics

In spite of many years of negotiation on trade liberalization, progress seems to have stalled. This book explores why resistance to further market liberalization seems so strong, when the benefits are seen to outweigh the costs, arguing that in order to understand the slow progress of WTO negotiations, we need to take into consideration the way in which international and domestic aspects of politics and policies have been woven together.

Autorentext

Oluf Langhelle is Professor of Political Science at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Inhalt

1. Towards the Intermestic Politics of Trade: Institutions, ideas, interests and actors Oluf Langhelle, Hilmar Rommetvedt and Arild Aurvåg Farsund 2. The Global Trade Agenda Oluf Langhelle, Hilmar Rommetvedt and Arild Aurvåg Farsund 3. Multilevel Negotiations in American Trade Policy: Free trade agreements from Bush to Obama David M. Olson 4. The European Union: Balancing trade liberalization and protectionism Carsten Daugbjerg 5. India's Trade Politics: Continuity and change Amrita Narlikar 6. China: An open, confident and booming trading nation Ning Jun, Yao Lei and Wang Gefei 7. Norway: Agricultural exceptionalism and the quest for free trade Arild Aurvåg Farsund 8. The Intermestic Politics of Trade Oluf Langhelle, Arild Aurvåg Farsund and Hilmar Rommetvedt