Tthe late Charles K. Rowley, former General Director, The Locke Institute, Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Director, Program in Economics, Politics and the Law, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University, US, Willem Thorbecke, Professor of Economics, George Mason University and Research Associate, The Locke Institute, US and Richard E. Wagner, Emeritus Professor of Economics, George Mason University, US

• Contents: Part I: Basic Principles 1. Trade, National Borders and Individual Welfare 2. The Case for Free Trade 3. The Rhetoric of Trade Protection 4. The Political Economy of Trade Protection Part II: Institutions 5. The Congress 6. The President 7. The Bureaucracy Part III: The Market in Trade Protection 8. Trade Politics in the Legislative Branch 9. Trad Politics in the Executive Branch 10. Trade Politics and the Fair Trade Laws 11. Regional Trade Politics Part IV: From Managed to Free Trade 12. The Political Economy of the GATT 13. The Case for Constitutional Reform References Index

'The authors provide a useful and informative examination of the public choice view on trade policy.'

Tthe late Charles K. Rowley, former General Director, The Locke Institute, Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Director, Program in Economics, Politics and the Law, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University, US, Willem Thorbecke, Professor of Economics, George Mason University and Research Associate, The Locke Institute, US and Richard E. Wagner, Emeritus Professor of Economics, George Mason University, US

• Contents: Part I: Basic Principles 1. Trade, National Borders and Individual Welfare 2. The Case for Free Trade 3. The Rhetoric of Trade Protection 4. The Political Economy of Trade Protection Part II: Institutions 5. The Congress 6. The President 7. The Bureaucracy Part III: The Market in Trade Protection 8. Trade Politics in the Legislative Branch 9. Trad Politics in the Executive Branch 10. Trade Politics and the Fair Trade Laws 11. Regional Trade Politics Part IV: From Managed to Free Trade 12. The Political Economy of the GATT 13. The Case for Constitutional Reform References Index

'The authors provide a useful and informative examination of the public choice view on trade policy.'

Tthe late Charles K. Rowley, former General Director, The Locke Institute, Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Director, Program in Economics, Politics and the Law, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University, US, Willem Thorbecke, Professor of Economics, George Mason University and Research Associate, The Locke Institute, US and Richard E. Wagner, Emeritus Professor of Economics, George Mason University, US

• Contents: Part I: Basic Principles 1. Trade, National Borders and Individual Welfare 2. The Case for Free Trade 3. The Rhetoric of Trade Protection 4. The Political Economy of Trade Protection Part II: Institutions 5. The Congress 6. The President 7. The Bureaucracy Part III: The Market in Trade Protection 8. Trade Politics in the Legislative Branch 9. Trad Politics in the Executive Branch 10. Trade Politics and the Fair Trade Laws 11. Regional Trade Politics Part IV: From Managed to Free Trade 12. The Political Economy of the GATT 13. The Case for Constitutional Reform References Index

'The authors provide a useful and informative examination of the public choice view on trade policy.'