Investing in Protection - The Politics of Preferential Trade Agreements Between North and South

Informationen zum Autor Mark S. Manger is Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining the LSE, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, and a research fellow in the Program on US-Japan Relations at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo. He holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia. Klappentext Offers a new perspective on the roles of the state and multilateral corporations in changing patterns of international trade. Zusammenfassung Since the early 1990s there has been an explosion of preferential trade agreements between North and South. Arguing that this is based on competition for investment opportunities rather than free trade! Mark Manger offers a new perspective on the roles of the state and corporations in changing patterns of international trade. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Framework for analysis; 3. NAFTA - the original sin?; 4. Iberian ties: the EU-Mexico free trade agreement; 5. The odd couple: the Japan-Mexico free trade agreement; 6. The far side of the world: preferential trade agreements with Chile; 7. Japan's NAFTA route: preferential trade agreements with Malaysia and Thailand; 8. Conclusions and implications.

Product details

• Authors: Mark S Manger, Mark S. Manger, Mark S. (Lecturer Manger, Manger Mark S.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2009
• EAN: 9780521748704
• ISBN: 978-0-521-74870-4
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International Relations, International Economics, International economic & trade law, International trade and commerce, Public international law: economic and trade