Domestic Politics and International Relations in US-Japan Trade Policy The GATT Uruguay Round Agriculture Negotiations (International Political Economy Series)

✍ Scribed by Christopher C. Meyerson

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 241
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

To what extent do domestic politics affect the agreement reached in an international trade negotiation? In order to address this question, Christopher C. Meyerson develops an approach to analyzing the relationship between domestic politics and international relations in trade policymaking. This approach is used to analyze both American and Japanese trade policymaking and US-Japan trade negotiations, especially during the GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations between 1986 and 1994. Meyerson not only develops an innovative approach to the analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and international relations in trade policymaking, but also, using publicly available GATT documents and publications, US Congressional hearings and Japanese-language sources, provides a strong narrative description of the roles of the United States and Japan in the GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 14
The contextual two-level game approach to analyzing trade policymaking......Page 17
Analyzing American trade policymaking......Page 28
Analyzing Japanese trade policymaking......Page 38
Analyzing a US–Japan trade negotiation......Page 48
The GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations......Page 52
The Reagan Administration and the beginning of the Uruguay Round......Page 55
The George H.W. Bush Administration and the Uruguay Round Mid-Term Review Agreement, the Draft Final Act, and the US–EC Blair House Accord......Page 63
The Clinton Administration and the conclusion of the negotiations, signing of the agreements, and passage of implementing legislation......Page 73
Domestic politics and international relations in American trade policymaking during the negotiations......Page 78
The Nakasone Administration and the beginning of the Uruguay Round......Page 82
The Takeshita Administration and the Uruguay Round Mid-Term Review Agreement......Page 88
The Uno Administration and the loss of the LDP Upper House majority......Page 90
The Kaifu Administration and the December 1990 Ministerial Meeting......Page 91
The Miyazawa Administration and the Draft Final Act......Page 95
The Hosokawa Administration and the conclusion of the negotiations and signing of the agreements......Page 98
The Hata Administration, the Murayama Administration, and the passage of implementing legislation......Page 101
Domestic politics and international relations in Japanese trade policymaking during the negotiations......Page 102
The GATT Committee on Trade in Agriculture......Page 111
The Preparatory Committee......Page 113
The Punta del Este Declaration......Page 114
The first negotiating proposals......Page 115
The Mid-Term Review Agreement......Page 121
The tabling of national positions......Page 126
The July 1990 Framework Agreement of de Zeeuw......Page 128
The December 1990 Ministerial Meeting......Page 130
The December 1991 Draft Final Act......Page 133
The conclusion of the negotiations......Page 136
The signing of the agreements and passage of implementing legislation......Page 140
Domestic politics and international relations in US–Japan trade policymaking during the negotiations......Page 141
6 Conclusion......Page 147
Notes......Page 161
Select Bibliography......Page 189
C......Page 231
D......Page 232
G......Page 233
H......Page 234
J......Page 235
M......Page 237
R......Page 238
T......Page 239
U......Page 240
Z......Page 241