Free Trade Agreements: US Strategies and Priorities (Institute for International Economics Special Report)

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Summary: A welcome addition to economics shelves in public libraries
Review: Expertly compiled and edited by Jeffrey Schott (academician, economist, and Senior Fellow at the Institue for International Economics), Free Trade Agreements: US Strategies And Priorities is an anthology of essays by learned authors concerning American initiatives to enter free trade negotiations with nations around the world, from the Asia-Pacific region to the western hemisphere to Afica. Discussing major policy questions, the importance of setting priorities and objectives, the conceptual case for FTAs, discussions of specific agreements being pursued (including ones for Australia, Central America, Morocco, and the Southern African Customs Union) pack this scholarly and heavily researched compendium. A technical appendix with results of simulations of the trade and welfare effects of prospective agreements rounds out Free Trade Agreements, a welcome addition to economics shelves in public libraries, educational libraries and private collections.