American Trade Politics by I.M. Destler

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Synopsis

In a standard in the field since 1986, Destler (public policy, U. of Maryland; visiting fellow, Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC) updates his examination of issues in US trade politics from 1995 to the present. In historical context since 1934, he makes recommendations for completing the transition to globalization. The text includes a glossary and summary tables on such aspects of trade as anti-dumping cases. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Biography

I. M. Destler is a Professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics. He was formerly Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1977-83) and the Brookings Institution (1972-77) and Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University (1971-72) and at the International University of Japan (1986). He is the author or coauthor of nine books on American foreign policymaking and US-Japan economic relations, including Dollar Politics: Exchange Rate Policymaking in the United States (1989), Anti-Protection: Changing Forces in United States Trade Policy (1987), Our Own Worst Enemy: the Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (1984), and Coping with US-Japanese Economic Conflicts (1982).