Governments, Non-State Actors and Trade Policy-Making: Negotiating Preferential

Governments, Non-State Actors and Trade Policy-MakingNegotiating Preferentially or Multilaterally?\nAuthor(s): Ann Capling, Patrick Low\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107000186, 978-1107000186\nSynopsis\nOne of the most pressing issues confronting the multilateral trade system is the challenge posed by the rapid proliferation of preferential trade agreements. Plenty has been written about why governments might choose to negotiate preferentially or multilaterally, but until now it has been written almost exclusively from the perspective of governments. We know very little about how non-state actors view this issue of 'forum choice', nor how they position themselves to influence choices by governments about whether to emphasize PTAs or the WTO. This book addresses that issue squarely through case studies of trade policy-making and forum choice in eight developing countries: Chile, Colombia, Mex.