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America's International Trade: A Reference Handbook [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 325 pages, 1 Hardback
  • Sari: Contemporary World Issues
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-1995
  • Kirjastus: ABC-CLIO
  • ISBN-10: 0874367700
  • ISBN-13: 9780874367706
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Hardback, 325 pages, 1 Hardback
  • Sari: Contemporary World Issues
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-1995
  • Kirjastus: ABC-CLIO
  • ISBN-10: 0874367700
  • ISBN-13: 9780874367706
Teised raamatud teemal:
A reference on the practices and policies involved in America's international trade, explaining key trade agreements such as NAFTA and GATT and the factors that led to their implementation, and summarizing trade legislation from 1860 to the present. Contains a chronology of US trade legislation and international trade agreements, a directory of national and international organizations, an extensive bibliography of books, journal articles, government documents, and audio-visual materials, a list of US international banks, and a glossary. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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"This handbook draws together a great variety of information on a major issue made topical by passage of NAFTA." - VOYA "Recommended for libraries supporting business communities that import or export as well as for academic libraries." - Choice

List of Tables
xi
Preface xiii
International Trade of the United States
1(44)
Evolution of U.S. Trade Policies
1(2)
Trade Controls
3(4)
Tariffs
3(1)
Trade Barriers
4(1)
Unfair Trade Laws and Regulations
4(3)
Export Promotion
7(3)
Company Promotional Efforts
7(1)
Trade Center Shows
7(1)
International Trade Fairs
8(1)
Trade Missions
8(1)
Catalog Exhibitions
9(1)
State and Local Governmental Promotion
9(1)
International Trade Agreements
10(12)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
10(3)
International Commodity Agreements
13(2)
United States Canada Free Trade Agreement
15(1)
North American Free Trade Agreement
16(6)
Potential Western Hemisphere Free Trade Agreement
22(1)
Modern Trade Objectives of the United States
23(4)
Dispute Settlement
23(1)
Improvement of GATT and Multinational Trade Negotiation Agreements
23(1)
Transparency
23(1)
Developing Countries
24(1)
Current Account Balance
24(1)
Coordination of Trade and Money
24(1)
Agriculture
24(1)
Reduction of Unfair Trade Practices
24(1)
Trade in Services
25(1)
Intellectual Property
25(1)
Foreign Direct Investment
26(1)
Safeguards
26(1)
Specific Barriers
26(1)
Workers' Rights
26(1)
Access to High Technology
26(1)
Border Taxes
27(1)
Growth of U.S. International Trade
27(1)
Importance of International Trade
27(1)
Balance of Trade
28(1)
Importance of Exports to State Economies
28(2)
Commodity Trade
30(4)
Agricultural Commodities
30(1)
Manufactured Goods
30(1)
Minerals
31(3)
Geographical Distribution of U.S. Trade
34(10)
United States-Canada Trade Relations
34(4)
United States-Japan Trade Relations
38(2)
United States-Mexico Trade Relations
40(4)
Future of U.S. International Trade
44(1)
Chronology
45(6)
U.S. Trade Legislation
45(3)
Basic Trade Legislation
45(1)
Tariff Acts
45(1)
Export Trade Act
46(1)
Export Enhancement Acts
46(1)
Customs Acts
46(1)
Export-Import Bank Acts
46(1)
Export-Import Bank Amendments
46(1)
Export-Import Bank of Washington
47(1)
Export Trading Companies
47(1)
Merchant Marine Acts
47(1)
Related Trade Acts
47(1)
International Trade Agreements
48(3)
Laws and Regulations
51(36)
Basic Trade Legislation
51(25)
Tariff Act of 1861
51(1)
Tariff Act of 1922
52(1)
Tariff Act of 1930
52(3)
Trade Expansion Act of 1962
55(2)
Trade Act of 1974
57(3)
Trade Agreement Extension Acts
60(1)
Trade Agreement Act of 1979
61(1)
Export Trading Company Act of 1982
62(3)
Trade and Development Enhancement Act of 1983
65(1)
Trade and Tariff Act of 1984
66(5)
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
71(4)
Customs and Trade Act of 1990
75(1)
Specialty Trade Acts
76(4)
Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917
76(1)
Export-Import Bank Act of 1945
77(1)
Export Control Act of 1949
78(1)
Trade Fair Act of 1959
78(1)
Export Administration Act of 1969
79(1)
Other Trade Acts
80(1)
Tariff Acts
81(1)
Custom Acts
81(1)
Export-Import Bank
82(1)
Export-Import Bank of Washington
83(1)
Export Trading Company Acts
83(1)
Merchant Marine Acts
83(1)
Special Trade Acts
84(1)
International Trade Laws
85(2)
United States Canada Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988
85(2)
Directory of Organizations
87(58)
Government Organizations of the United States
87(6)
U.S. Intergovernmental Advisory Committees
93(13)
National Organizations
106(16)
International Organizations
122(13)
World Trade Centers
135(9)
Organization Sources
144(1)
Bibliography
145(148)
Books
145(30)
General
145(5)
Trade Policies
150(3)
Modelling
153(1)
Export Controls
154(5)
Environment
159(1)
Free Trade
160(1)
GATT
161(3)
United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement
164(1)
NAFTA
165(3)
Russia
168(1)
Developing World
169(1)
Iron and Steel Industry
170(1)
Textiles
171(1)
Agriculture
171(3)
Arms
174(1)
Reference Sources
175(3)
Dictionaries
177(1)
Directories
177(1)
Journal Articles and Government Documents
178(106)
Trade---General
178(5)
Trade Theory
183(1)
Models
184(1)
Trade Competition
184(5)
Trade Development
189(4)
Trade Forecasting
193(1)
Trade Policy
194(3)
Free Trade
197(3)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
200(2)
United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement
202(2)
North American Free Trade Agreement
204(6)
Trade Regulations
210(26)
Trade Promotion
236(12)
Commodities
248(29)
Countries and Regions
277(7)
Selected Journal Titles
284(9)
Audio-Visual Aids
293(6)
Appendix: U.S. International Banks 299(4)
Glossary 303(10)
Index 313
E. Willard Miller, PhD, is professor of geography and associate dean emeritus at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.





Ruby M. Miller is a retired map librarian from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. The Millers have authored several books for ABC-CLIO.