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| Author: | Daniel W. Drezner, Associate Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University |
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| Publisher: | Council on Foreign Relations Press |
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Release Date: September 2006
ISBN 0876093497
$15.00
Release Date: September 2006
Trade is an issue of growing importance that lies at the intersection of two of the biggest concerns facing the American people: the economy and foreign policy. Today, trade policy affects more issues on the U.S. political agenda than ever before; at the same time, the decisions Washington makes have a great impact on the United States and the world.
This book, in the form of a memorandum to the president, suggests two distinct approaches that the United States could take on trade policy. The first approach—“Free Trade”—argues that American prosperity and security are best served by aggressively seeking to lower trade barriers, even if it means that some industries lose out. The second approach—“Fair Trade”—contends that the economic benefits of freer trade are overstated and that the U.S. government should slow or even halt efforts to lower trade barriers in order to promote goals such as community stability and income security. The policy options in this book are accompanied by four white papers that examine the major issues in the trade debate and explore the relevant challenges in greater detail.
Daniel W. Drezner is an associate professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He previously held teaching positions at the University of Chicago and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Professor Drezner is the author of The Sanctions Paradox (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and All Politics Is Global (Princeton University Press, forthcoming), and the editor of Locating the Proper Authorities (Michigan University Press, 2003).
Professor Drezner has published articles in numerous scholarly journals as well as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and Slate. He has provided expert commentary on U.S. foreign policy and the global political economy for CNNfn, CNN International, and ABC’s World News Tonight. He has received fellowships from the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Harvard University, and previously held positions with Civic Education Project, the RAND Corporation, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. From 2003 to 2004, he was a monthly contributor to the New Republic Online. He keeps a daily weblog at www.danieldrezner.com.
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