Domestic Structures and International Trade - The Unfair Trade Instruments of the United States and European Union

This book places international trade law within an economic,political and sociological context, contending that globalisation is characterised by both homogeneity and diversity. However, while implying changes within contracting parties, globalisation only results in a 'thin' homogeneity. Furthermore, globalisation is the result of the interaction, negotiations and policies between states. From this perspective, the book attempts to explain trade policy as resulting from domestic factors. Thus, if globalisation is characterised by diversity, how do such differences affect the trade policy of states in an era where nearly everything is subject to commerce? The book focuses on the US and the EC, analysing different institutional and substantive aspects of unfair trade instruments, such as anti-dumping and countervailing measures and market access instruments. Domestically, it focuses on both constitutional and socio-economic constraints. The book considers political action prescribed by formal constitutions in a wider socio-economic context, rejecting the a-historical and structurally blind normative idea of free trade.

Product details

• Authors: Candido Tomas Garcia Molyneux, Candido Garcia Molyneux, Molyneux Candido Garcia
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.02.2001
• EAN: 9781841131320
• ISBN: 978-1-84113-132-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Studies in European Law and In; Studies in European Law and In; Studies in European Law and Integration
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International Relations, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade