American Trade Policy, 1923-1995

This work covers trade policy from 1923 to 1995 taking the history of American tariffs from the Prelude to Trade Wars to the present. It begins during the period of high tariffs and discusses the arguments for and against protectionism. Cordell Hull and the Reciprocal Trade Agreements of the 1930s are discussed along with the increase in trade revenue from these agreements. The major changes in trade policy including GATT, the European Community, and many more are discussed in the work. It is part of an on-going debate among economic historians over the supposed movement of the United States toward protectionism since the 1980s.

List of contents

Preface
Background to the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
The Hawley-Smoot Tariff
The Building of a Liberal Trade Policy
The Trade Expansion Act and the Kennedy Round
The Trade Reform Act and the Tokyo Round
Fair Trade and the Uruguay Round
The North American Free Trade Agreement
A Return to Unilateralism
Bibliography
Index

About the author

EDWARD S. KAPLAN is a Professor in the Social Science Department at New York City Technical College. His speciality is economic history of the United States, and has coauthored Prelude to Trade Wars: American Tariff Policy, 1890-1922 (Greenwood Press, 1994).

Product details

• Authors: Edward S. Kaplan, Kaplan Edward
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.03.1996
• EAN: 9780313294808
• ISBN: 978-0-313-29480-8
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Economic history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Central / national / federal government policies, International Trade, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Central government policies, International trade and commerce, ECONOMICS: POLICY