03467nam 2200637 450 991081966300332120200520144314.00-8131-0874-80-8131-4919-3(CKB)3710000000334168(EBL)1915337(SSID)ssj0001403138(PQKBManifestationID)11730327(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403138(PQKBWorkID)11365409(PQKB)11109918(OCoLC)654684768(MdBmJHUP)muse43953(Au-PeEL)EBL1915337(CaPaEBR)ebr11011754(CaONFJC)MIL690904(OCoLC)900344735(MiAaPQ)EBC1915337(EXLCZ)99371000000033416820150227h19961996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTrade and the American dream a social history of postwar trade policy /Susan Ariel Aaronson ; forewords by William V. Roth, Jr., and Robert T. MatsuiLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1996.©19961 online resource (281 pages)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-59622-0 0-8131-1955-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of IIIustrations; List of Tables and Figures; Forewords; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Roots of Multilateral Trade Policy; 2. Linking Jobs to Trade Policy, 1939-1942; 3. Gaining Congressional Approval for Multilateral Trade Liberalization, 1943-1945; 4. The Planners and the Public, 1943-1946; 5. Public Response to the ITO, 1946-1947; 6. The ITO, the GATT, and U.S. Trade Policy, 1947-1948; 7. Congressional Challenges and Public Apathy toward Trade, 1948-1949; 8. Dead on Arrival: The Fate of the ITO, 1948-19519. The Rise and Erosion of the Freer Trade Consensus and the Debate over NAFTA, 1949-199410. Present at the Creation of the WTO, 1986-1994; Conclusion: Democracy and Economic Interdependence; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZEvery hour of every day Americans see, smell, taste, or hear goods and services traded between the United States and other nations. Trade issues are front-page news but most Americans know little about the potential impact of global economic interdependence on their jobs, standard of living, and quality of life.In Trade and the American Dream, Susan Aaronson highlights a previously ignored dimension of the United States trade policy: public understanding. Focusing on the debate over the three mechanisms designed to govern world trade -- the International Trade Organization (ITO), the GeneralInternational economic relationsUnited StatesCommercial policyHistory20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions1945-International economic relations.382/.3/0973Aaronson Susan A.603488William V. RothJr.,Matsui Robert T.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819663003321Trade and the American dream4061539UNINA