Bloomsbury Domestic Structures and International Trade: The Unfair Trade Instruments of the United States and European Union: 3 (Studies in European Law and Integration)

This work places international trade law within an economic, political and sociological context, contending that globalisation is characterised by both homogeneity and diversity. However, while implying changes within contracting parties, globalization only results in a thin homogeneity. Furthermore, globalization is the result of the interaction, negotiations and policies between states. From this perspective, the book attempts to explain trade policy as resulting from domestic factors. Thus, if globalization is characterized by diversity, how do such differences affect the trade policy of states in an era where nearly everything is subject to commerce? Review "His exposition of the workings of the US government, the inefficiency of the separation of powers doctrine in relation to implementation of international agreements, the plurality and extreme liberalisation of the US' domestic economy are well researched and very useful.This book is impressively and thoroughly argued and the author succeeds in convincing of his convictions regarding the problems of globalisation and a state's inability to deal with the same. ...this book and the arguments made are significant and a worthwhile addition to the literature.Oanh TranInternational Trade Business Law AnnualFebruary 2003" --International Trade Business Law Annual About the Author Candido Garcia Molyneux is a lawyer with Coudert in Brussels.