Introduction

Douglas Irwin

A chapter in Free Trade under Fire Fourth edition, 2015 from Princeton University Press

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: economics; Free; trade; nafta; globalization; WTO; World; tariffs; trading (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
ISBN: 9780691166254
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