NEW PUBLICATION!

Global Economic Governance:
Beyond Management by the United States and the European Union

Business and Politics, Volume 11, Issue 3 (2009), Berkeley Electronic Press

CTR and the BMW Foundation host the Transatlantic Economic Dialogue, an annual transatlantic economic conference together with the University of Warwick's Garnet Network of Excellence on Global Governance. The fall 2009 issue of Business and Politics, published by Berkeley Electronic Press, is a special edition featuring papers produced for the annual Transatlantic Economic Dialogue, centered on the theme of global economic governance. In particular, these articles consider the role of the transatlantic powers in shaping international economic governance, and how that role may be changing.

• Jeffrey Schott analyzes the current problems of the global trade regime in historical context.
• Vinod Aggarwal focuses on the historical development of U.S. trade policy and argues that the shift toward piecemeal liberalization has undermined prospects for trade liberalization. 
• Rolf Langhammer examines proposals for a possible transatlantic free trade agreement and criticizes the discriminatory dimension of such agreements.
• Simon Evenett explores competing hypotheses about the motivation of states in implementing protectionist policies. 
• Richard Higgott discusses systemic issues within the world trading system and scrutinizes the WTO's role as guardian of norms and rules for global trade. 
• Heribert Dieter discusses the decline of global economic governance, both in trade and in finance.