International Trade: A European Text

ISBN-10: 0198774435
ISBN-13: 9780198774433
Series: International Trade
Pages: 380
Language: English
Published: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Authors: Paul Brenton, P. J. N. Sinclair, Henry G. Scott

Description

Trade within the EU has been freed, but European and foreign barriers still restrict trade with the rest of the world. Rapid growth in East Asia, and liberalization in Eastern Europe, pose facinating and urgent questions for West European policy, such as why do countries trade? Who gains? Whocould lose? Why are some goods exported, others imported, and yet others both exported and imported? How does imperfect competition modify trade? What impact do regional trade barriers have? Why do they exist? What effects do regional trade blocs have, and is their enlargement a cause for worry?What is the significance of increasing capital mobility across frontiers? What are the links between trade and growth, and trade and employment? How do environmental considerations affect trade and trade policy? These are some of the questions this book sets out to answer.