Issues in International Political Economy - What Is Happening to the Rules-based System for the Conduct of International Trade?

  • Oct 18, 2005

    American politicians have a tendency to assert that the United States obeys rules it agrees to in international trade agreements, and then imply that because foreign countries are less scrupulous, this gives the United States the right to ignore the rules as well. “We” are not the culprits; “they” (other countries) are, and, therefore, let’s give them a dose of their own medicine.