Trade and Development in a Globalized World - by John M Rothgeb & Benjamas Chinapandhu (Hardcover)

About the Book

Trade and Development in a Globalized World examines how the unfair trade regulations of advanced countries affect developing societies. In an effort to determine how developing states attempt to cope with the problems created by unfair trade rules, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu con...

Book Synopsis

Trade and Development in a Globalized World examines how the unfair trade regulations of advanced countries affect developing societies. In an effort to determine how developing states attempt to cope with the problems created by unfair trade rules, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu conducted a case study of the Thai-U.S. trade relationship and share their discoveries in this valuable book.

Review Quotes

Trade and Development in a Globalized World is an important study that deserves close scrutiny from political economists and international security experts. Based in part on extensive interviews with government officials and private industry groups, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu provide an insightful and very readable account of the Thai-U.S. trading relationship that clearly and concisely illustrates the many roadblocks that developing nations face as they seek to redress unfair trade conditions. Their striking conclusions and provocative policy recommendations are sure to have an impact on decision-makers in both the developing and the developed world.

Trade and Development in a Globalized World is an important study that deserves close scrutiny from political economists and international security experts. Based in part on extensive interviews with government officials and private industry groups, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu provide an insightful and very readable account of the Thai?U.S. trading relationship that clearly and concisely illustrates the many roadblocks that developing nations face as they seek to redress unfair trade conditions. Theirstriking conclusions and provocative policy recommendations are sure to have an impact on decision-makers in both the developing and the developed world...

About the Author

John M. Rothgeb, Jr. is Distinguished Scholar of the Graduate School at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Benjamas Chinapandhu is associate dean for planning and development in the faculty of political science at Ramkhamhaeng University.