Trading blocs : states, firms, and regions in the world economy /

Chase, Kerry A., 1969-

Trading blocs : states, firms, and regions in the world economy / Kerry A. Chase. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005. - xvi, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Michigan studies in international political economy .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-298) and index.

Introduction: a world of trading blocs -- The argument: domestic groups and regional arrangements -- Interwar trading blocs: Japan, Britain, and Germany, 1919-39 -- The United States and multilateral trade liberalization, 1922-67 -- The EU: fortress or beachhead? -- NAFTA: the politics in the United States -- Reluctant regionalism: Japan and Asia -- Multinationals and the new regionalism.

047209906X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780472099061 (cloth : alk. paper) 0472069063 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780472069064 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005016620

GBA583753 bnb

013305982 Uk


Trade blocs.
Trade blocs--History--20th century.
Handelsblokken.
Blocs commerciaux.
Blocs commerciaux--Histoire--20e siáecle.

HF1418.7 / .C487 2005

382/.9/0904