This book marries the disciplines of International Relations and Diplomatic History to provide a major new study of the GATT system in the 1960s. Using recently declassified British and American government documents, this book identifies the key role British diplomats played at the Kennedy Round. Through the close ties that characterise the Anglo-American relationship, the British influenced American policy and strategy in the negotiations. The evidence of this study challenges realist theories of middle power influence in the international political economy by demonstrating the determining role of state-level factors such as diplomatic skill and policy expertise.

List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction Middle Power Influence in the International System Background to the Kennedy Trade Round The Formative Stage, 1962-4 Non-Grains Agriculture The IGA and Industrial Tariff Issues The Final Stage, 1967 Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index

DONNA LEE is Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Leicester. She previously taught at Manchester Metropolitan University where she undertook her doctoral research. She has recently had articles published in the Review of International Studies, and the Review of International Political Economy.