Populism and Trade - The Challenge to the Global Trading System

In an age of global populism, open trade policy has become a victim of anti-globalization and economic nationalism. Populism and Trade addresses these concerns by tracing the impact of divisive political tactics in influencing voters to support protectionism and reject trade integration and cooperation. Focusing on the influence of the Trump administration and the Brexit referendum, Kent Jones explains the fragile nature of global trade institutions and argues for the policies needed to save them.

List of contents

• Preface and Acknowledgements


• Chapter 1: Trade and the Roots of Disaffection


• Chapter 2: Trade as a Source of Populist Conflict


• Chapter 3. Emotional Flashpoints of Populism and Trade


• Chapter 4. Populism, Trade, and Trump's Path to Victory


• Chapter 5. Trump's Assault on the Global Trading System


• Chapter 6. Brexit and the Crisis of European Integration


• Chapter 7. Populism and Trade Around the World


• Chapter 8. Assessing the Cost of Populism to Global Trade


• Chapter 9: The Future Belongs to Globalized Societies


• Bibliography

About the author

Kent Jones is Professor of Economics and a Babson Research Scholar at Babson College. Jones has also held positions as an economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission and as a senior staff economist at the U.S. Department of State. His research interests include international trade policy and the World Trade Organization. Jones is the author of numerous books and articles on trade policy, including Who's Afraid of the WTO? (2004), The Doha Blues: Institutional Crisis and Reform in the WTO (2010), and Reconstructing the WTO for the 21st Century (2015).

Product details

• Authors: Kent Jones, Kent (Professor of Economics Jones, Jones Kent
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2021
• EAN: 9780190086350
• ISBN: 978-0-19-008635-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, macroeconomics, Political structure & processes, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Political structure and processes, International Trade, International trade and commerce