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Free Trade under Fire

By Douglas A. Irwin

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781400866182
DOI
10.1515/9781400866182
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1280621 bytes)
Edition
4
Pages
368\368
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-11-01 06:29:19

Description

Growing international trade has helped lift living standards around the world, and yet free trade is always under attack. Critics complain that trade forces painful economic adjustments, such as plant closings and layoffs of workers, and charge that the World Trade Organization serves the interests of corporations, undercuts domestic environmental regulations, and erodes America's sovereignty. Why has global trade—and trade agreements such as NAFTA—become so controversial? Does free trade deserve its bad reputation? In Free Trade under Fire, Douglas Irwin sweeps aside the misconceptions that litter the debate over trade and gives the reader a clear understanding of the issues involved. This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to include the most recent policy developments and the latest research findings on the impact of trade.

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