Australia and the global trade system : from Havana to Seattle

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Label

Australia and the global trade system : from Havana to Seattle

Title remainder

from Havana to Seattle

Statement of responsibility

Ann Capling

Creator

• Capling, Ann, 1959-

Subject

• Australia -- Commercial policy
• Australia -- Foreign economic relations
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)
• International trade
• World Trade Organization -- Australia

Language

eng

Summary

"Australia and the Global Trade System provides a comprehensive account of Australia's role in developing and maintaining the multilateral trade system from its origins in 1947 to the present day. Australia was one of the 23 original signatories to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its participation was vital to the success of international efforts to reconstruct a multilateral trade system after the disastrous experiences of the 1930s. Since then Australia has wielded far more influence in the GATT and its successor, the World Trade Organization (WTO), than is warranted by its size and power in the global political economy. This book, based on archival sources and oral interviews, makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Australia's trade policies, its commercial diplomacy, and its role and position in the global political economy. It provides a perspective on debates about the capacity of small nations to be agents as well as subjects of history."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

382/.0994

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HF1625

LC item number

.C36 2001

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography