This brilliantly crafted overview and analysis of the historical foundations of modern Canadian trade policy is the first survey to address the history of Canadian commercial policy in over fifty years.

Maps and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1 Trade Policy and Economic Development

2 The Old Mercantilism

3 Reciprocity and Preferences: Early Nationhood

4 War, Depression, and Revolution: Canadian Trade Policy Drifts

5 Multilateral Dreams

6 Continental Realities

7 The Structure of Protection and Its Impact

8 Professionalism and Nationalism: The Diefenbaker Years

9 Nationalism and Pragmatism: The Pearson Years

10 Reviews and Options: The Trudeau Years

11 The GATT Shall Provide: Canada at the Tokyo Round

12 The Twilight of the National Policy

13 Full Circle: The New Reciprocity

14 The New Multilateralism: Canada at the Uruguay Round

15 Canada in a Globally Integrated Economy

16 From a Trading Nation to a Nation of Traders

Notes

Chronology

Glossary of Trade and Related Terms

Credits

Index

Michael Hart is Simon Reisman Chair in Trade Policy, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. A former trade official in Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, he was the founding director of Carleton's Centre for Trade Policy and Law and is the author of numerous books and articles on international trade issues.