Research Handbook on Trade Wars

Edited by Ka Zeng, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Wei Liang, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, US

• Contents:1 Introduction: trade wars past and present: causes, dynamics and consequences 1Ka Zeng and Wei LiangPART I THE GLOBAL ORIGINS OF TRADE WARS: MARKETCHANGES AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS2 The structure of international trade, global value chains and trade warsin the twenty-first century 27Louise Curran and Jappe Eckhardt3 Financial crises and trade wars: has globalization failed to deliver? 47David A. Deese and Sam Biasi4 Multilateral trade governance and the US–China Trade War (2018‒) 63Faizel IsmailPART II THE DOMESTIC ORIGINS OF TRADE WARS5 Preferences, domestic institutions and trade wars 82Timm Betz and Lu Sun6 The trade Zax: explaining when regulatory disputes escalate into trade wars 112Gary Winslett7 The uneven impact of exchange rate movements on trade disputes 130Patrick J.W. Egan8 US trade deficit as an American problem 151Imad MoosaPART III SCOPE, PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS OF TRADE WARS9 Escalation, economic coverage and institutional scope in trade wars 175Dirk De Bièvre and Emile van Ommeren10 The strategic calculus of WTO dispute initiation: evidence from theUnited States 191J. Tyson Chatagnier, Arlo Poletti and Aydin B. Yildirim11 Economic rivals, security allies: the US–Japan trade war 209Kristi GovellaPART IV CASE IN POINT: THE TIT-FOR-TAT OF THE US–CHINATRADE WAR (2018‒)12 The US–China trade war of 2018‒2020: origins and consequences 231Thomas Hout13 American multinational corporations and the U.S.–China trade war 252Jiakun Jack Zhang14 US–China intellectual property trade wars 271Peter K. Yu15 “Forced” technology transfer and China’s industrial policy: a case ofstudy high-speed rail 288Gerald ChanPART V AMERICA FIRST: TRUMP’S TRADE OFFENSIVEAGAINST US ALLIES AND NEIGHBORS16 US–EU trade war: a new page from an old playbook? 304Marcia Don Harpaz17 Japan–US trade “war” under the Trump Administration: from the US’withdrawal from the TPP to the Japan–US trade agreement 326Junji Nakagawa18 United States–South Korea trade conflict: economic and security issuesin the Trump era and beyond 341James F. Paradise19 USMCA, Covid-19 and the US–China trade war: North America’sshifting supply chains 361David A. GantzPART VI FLASHPOINTS: TRADE WARS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC20 Trade wars at the intersection of memory and industrial policy in Japanand South Korea 381Kristin Vekasi21 Navigating the triple dilemma: South Korea’s trade disputes withneighboring countries in the era of politicized economic interdependence 398Seung-Youn OhIndex

‘The chapters in this impressive Research Handbook range from deeper dives into particular trade spats to higher-altitude analyses of their causes and consequences. Scholars especially interested in the US-China trade war will find a wealth of content. Instructors will find much connecting current events with course material about international political economy.’