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Book SynopsisAfter the collapse of the Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization talks, agricultural subsidies and market liberalization went high on the political agenda. This work features historical documents that address the thorny relationship between trade and politics, the appropriate role of international regulation, and domestic concerns.
Table of ContentsTentative Moves towards Free Trade, 1778–86; 1: Anglo-Irish Relations and Irish Free Trade Agitation of 1779–85; 2: Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1786; Trade as an Instrument of War, 1793–1812; 3: The Continental System; 4: The British Response: Orders in Council; Divergent Paths: Britain and America, 1812–30; 5: Post War Protection and the United States; 6: Britain and Cautious Reciprocity; A Movement Halted: The International Perspective 1830–42; 7: Anglo-French Commercial Relations; 8: Britain and the Zollverein; The Corn Laws and the Evolution of British Commercial Policy, 1832–46; 9: Elite Debate on the Corn Laws in the 1830s; 10: From the Politicians to the Populace: Civil Society and Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1838–46; 10: Copyrights and Permissions
