A succinct and clear introduction to international trade and trade policy

• Introduction


• Part 1. The Groundwork


• Chapter 1. Trade in World History


• Chapter 2. What is Trade Policy About and Why?


• Chapter 3. Facts about Trade


• Part 2. Trade Policy Issues


• Chapter 4. Why Do Economists Advocate Free Trade?


• Chapter 5. Nontariff Barriers


• Chapter 6. Do Trade Deficits Matter: What Should Be Done about Them?


• Chapter 7. Does Trade Hurt American Jobs?


• Chapter 8. Currency Manipulation


• Part 3. What Trade Policy Does


• Chapter 9. Case Studies of Protection: Steel, Aluminum, Autos, Textiles, and Apparel


• Chapter 10. Agriculture: Should We Support and Protect Agriculture?


• Chapter 11. The WTO


• Chapter 12. Trade Remedy Protection Ads and CVDs


• Chapter 13. Grey Areas: Defense, Standards, Procurement, Self-sufficiency, Transport (Jones Act)


• Part 4. Trade Relations and Roles of Countries and Regions


• Chapter 14. Preferential Trading Arrangements


• Chapter 15. EU and Brexit


• Chapter 16. What about NAFTA/MUSCA?


• Chapter 17. What Happened to the TPP?


• Chapter 19. What about Trade with China?


• Chapter 20 Developing Countries and Emerging Markets


• Part 5. Why We Need an International Order


• Chapter 21. Helping those Adversely Affected by Trade and Other Events


• Chapter 22. Political Economy of Trade Policy


• Chapter 23. Conclusion: Why We Need an International Order

Anne O. Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Caroline and Herald L. Ritch Professor Emeritus of Arts and Sciences in the Economics Department and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development at Stanford University. She is also Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.