Journal of International Affairs articles from June 1994

Journal of International Affairs archives from June 1994

Trade, protectionism and the future of welfare capitalism. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... For more than 20 years now, commentators have detected a "disastrous isolationist trend" in U.S. foreign economic policy, warning of "the first real international trade war since the 1930s" and recalling that "trade wars could become full...

NAFTA and democratization in Mexico. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... Can the Mexican political regime survive free elections in the NAFTA era? Will the combination of the January 1994 Zapatista uprising, the widespread cry for true political reform throughout the country and the increased international scrutiny...

The role of U.S. intelligence in promoting economic interests. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... For the U.S. intelligence community, the end of the Cold War meant a change to what had been its focus for more than 40 years. While intelligence agencies worried about a myriad of issues during this period, the military threat to the United...

Internationalization: implications for workers. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... Two interacting imperatives -- technology and internationalization -- have caused fundamental structural shifts in the American economy. These changes, in turn, have had dramatic effects on the wages and working conditions of American workers....

Regionalism and layered governance: the choice of trade institutions. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... Those of us trained in the post-Second World War period, particularly in the United States, grew accustomed to a world in which the key elements of international relations -- security and trade -- were organized in particular ways. In the...

Alliances, preferential trading arrangements and sanctions. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... Policy makers, scholars and executives have been devoting an increasing amount of attention to preferential trading arrangements (PTAs). The advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the ongoing process of economic integration in...

Mideast economies after the Israel-PLO handshake. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... The Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization Declaration of Principles has created enthusiasm about the prospects for economic cooperation between Arabs and Israelis. Arab-Israeli economic cooperation is exciting because of its political...

Trade, integration and transformation in Eastern Europe. (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... With the annus mirabilis, the countries of Eastern Europe, and in some respects the East more generally(2) an to dismantle most vestiges of communist rule, including the one-party state and its planned economy and administration. One critical...

India: a new tiger on the block? (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... After three decades of inward-oriented development, India has made a decisive switch in its trade and foreign investment policies. Beginning in July 1991, the country systematically liberalized its economy. Though the pace of the reform may...

Has the Lome Convention failed ACP trade? (trade between African, Caribbean and Pacific states and the European Community) (Contemporary Issues in World Trade)
June 22, 1994... Carol Cosgrove(1) In 1975, when the first Lome Convention between the European Community (E.C.) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states was signed, ACP exports accounted for 3.4 percent of total E.C. imports.(2) However, they...

Trade-related investment measures: U.S. efforts to shape a pro-business world legal system. (The Andrew Wellington Cordier Essay)
June 22, 1994... The United States transfers significant amounts of capital to both developed and developing states, through direct aid, government loans and business investment. Although money can bring benefits to the recipient, not all states are happy with...

The world trading system. (Symposium: The United States and the World Economy)
June 22, 1994... The Uruguay Round is closing this week after a marathon of negotiations stretching well over seven years; so the timing of this panel is exquisite, from my viewpoint. The ceremony, besides, is in Marrakech, an exotic place that sets our minds...

International policy coordination. (Symposium: The United States and the World Economy)
June 22, 1994... The world, by which I mean mainly journalists and academics, is constantly calling for more international economic cooperation and complaining that there is not enough international economic cooperation. The thesis I want to develop today is...

U.S. investments in foreign securities. (Symposium: The United States and the World Economy)
June 22, 1994... My assignment is to talk about international capital flows, and in particular U.S. purchase of foreign securities. I will first examine what might be responsible for the recent surge of interest in foreign securities on the part of U.S....

Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years.
June 22, 1994... Beth A. Simmons. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994) 330pp. Within the field of international political economy, issues of foreign economic policy making, international cooperation, interstate conflict and preference formation...

Reconcilable Differences? United States-Japan Economic Conflict.
June 22, 1994... C. Fred Bergsten and Marcus Noland. (Washington, DC. Institute for international Economics, 1993) 271pp. Reviewed By M. Christopher Garman Frictions resulting from the U.S. trade deficit with Japan dominate relations between the two countries...

The Rise of China: How Economic Reform is Creating a New Superpower.
June 22, 1994... In The Rise of China: How Economic Reform is Creating a New Superpower, William Overholt presents a compelling yet controversial analysis of China's program of reform. In contrast to familiar Western conceptions of China as ideologically driven...

Savings and Investment in a Global Economy.
June 22, 1994... Americans' disenchantment with their country's trading arrangements has increased along with its trade deficit. Comments made by government officials attributing the deficit to unfair trading practices of other nations, especially Japan, are...

NAFTA: An Assessment, rev. ed.
June 22, 1994... Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jeffrey J. Schott (Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics, 1993) 125pp. Reviewed by Terry Benneff Muckleroy From the beginning, the North American Free Trade Agreement was shrouded in controversy....

Allies, Adversaries, and International Trade.
June 22, 1994... Joanne Gowa. (Princeton, NJ., Princeton University Press, 1994) 148pp. Reviewed by Anastasia Xenias During the Cold War, international trade agreements closely paralleled the division of the world into two major blocs. However,...