Resisting Protectionism
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Resisting Protectionism

Global Industries and the Politics of International Trade

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eBook - PDF

Resisting Protectionism

Global Industries and the Politics of International Trade

About this book

Why didn't the protectionist spiral of the 1920s reappear in the 1970s in light of similar economic and political realities? In Resisting Protectionism, Helen Milner analyzes the growth of international economic interdependence and its effects on trade policy in the United States and France. She argues that the limited protectionist response of the 1970s stems from the growth of firms' international economic ties, which reduces their interest in protection by increasing its cost. Thus firms with greater international connections will be less protectionist than more domestically oriented firms. The book develops this thesis by examining the international ties of export dependence, multinationality, and global intra-firm trade.


After studying selected U.S. industries, Milner also examines French firms to see if they respond to increased interdependence in the same way as American firms, despite their different historical, ideological, and political contexts.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1 Introduction
  9. Chapter 2 The Argument
  10. Chapter 3 The 1920s U.S. Case Studies
  11. Chapter 4 The 1970s U.S. Case Studies
  12. Chapter 5 The French Case Studies, 1970s
  13. Chapter 6 Firms’ Trade Policy Preferences
  14. Chapter 7 Industry Politics and Policy Outcomes
  15. Chapter 8 Trade Politics in the United States and France
  16. Chapter 9 Conclusions
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index