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Reassessing US Trade Policy
Priorities and Policy Recommendations for the Next Decade
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- Book details for Reassessing US Trade Policy
- Jeffrey J. Schott (author)
- Paperback , 256 pp, graphs, charts, index
- 15 Aug 2010
- The Peterson Institute for International Economics
- 0881324221
- 9780881324228
Trade issues have taken a central role in policy debate during 2008. Whether it was questioning if NAFTA should be reopened for negotiation or whether free trade agreements (FTAs) with Korea and Columbia should receive Congressional consideration, trade has never been far from the front pages. At the same time, unique challenges and concerns heighten the urgency with which a future administration must pursue trade policy; for example, the incorporation of emerging issues like global warming and border security into trade agreements."Reassessing US Trade Policy" reviews the US trade policymaking process and presents innovative ideas for retooling specific facets of current policy. At the heart of any future trade policy lies an unfinished agenda of US trade initiatives such as the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations; bilateral free trade agreements, which are signed but not implemented; FTAs under negotiation; and broader "superregional" ventures like the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific and the Free Trade Area of the Americas. This book outlines the fundamentals of present US trade policy, embarks upon an ambitious analysis of US relations with major trading partners, and discusses the scope of prospective initiatives.
Jeffrey J. Schott is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute working on international trade policy and economic sanctions. During his tenure at the Institute, Schott was also a visiting lecturer at Princeton University (1994) and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University (1986-88). He was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1982-83) and an official of the US Treasury Department (1974-82) in international trade and energy policy. Since January 2003, he has been a member of the Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee of the US government. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy of the US Department of State. Schott is the author, coauthor, or editor of several books on trade, including Trade Relations Between Colombia and the United States (2006), NAFTA Revisited: Achievements and Challenges (2005)-a "Choice Outstanding Academic Title" in 2006, Free Trade Agreements: US Strategies and Priorities (2004), Prospects for Free Trade in the Americas (2001), and Free Trade between Korea and the United States? (2001).
