US Trade Policy, Critical Junctures and Periods of Institutional Formation

• In Event: US/China Relations and Domestic Politics

Brief Overview

The paper argues early policy formation plays an important part in shaping the relative strength of both foreign and domestic policy regimes. On this basis the paper assesses the history of NAFTA and US – China trade relationships.

Authors

• Edward Ashbee, Copenhagen Business School

• Steven Hurst, Manchester Metropolitan University