Synopses & Reviews
Free trade lies at the heart of the new era of globalization. This superb account explains the theory of free trade and how it has been put into practice. The author reviews the history of 20th century trade agreements. He traces what happened to GATT, with its quite narrow ambit, before the USA pushed the world into the Uruguay Round. He also examines the benefits and hidden costs of the WTO Agreements in both economic and non-economic terms.
About the Author
Graham Dunkley is at Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Table of Contents
Part I: GATTing a New World Order * Introduction: The Greatest Agreement in History? * The Free Trade Adventure and the End of History * How We Got GATT * The Fall and Rise of GATT * Towards a GATT-fearing World * The Regional Free Trade Adventure *
Part II: Problems and Critiques of the Uruguay Rounds New World Order * Putting the Fear of GATT into Them * Two Centuries of Free Trade Debate * Benefits and Hidden Costs of the Uruguay Round * Structural Impacts of the Uruguay Round and Beyond * At Whose Service * Services and Intellectual Property in the Uruguay Round * Greening the GATT or GATTing the Green * Environment and Standards in the Uruguay Round * The WTO in the New World Order * Is There Life after GATT? * Postscript: In Pursuit of the Global Millennium