Trade wars : past and present / Nils Ole Oermann, Hans-Jürgen Wolff.
| Author/creator | Oermann, Nils Ole |
| Other author | Wolff, Hans-Jürgen. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Click here to view book |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cover -- Titlepage -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction: 'War, trade, and piracy' -- 1 Competition, trade war, and its modern causes -- 2 'Sanctions', 'trade war', and 'economic warfare' -- Economic sanctions -- Trade war -- Economic warfare -- Armed conflict with an economic objective -- War against the enemy's economic potential in armed conflict -- War against an adversary's economic potential without armed conflict -- 3 Trade wars and economic warfare in history -- Overview 1500-1945 -- The case of Great Britain -- 4 Strangle a country to change its king's mind? |
| Contents | Causes of war, war aims, and the conduct of war -- The ethics of sanctions -- Do we really know what we're doing? Assessing the consequences -- Growing complexity: Also in the ethical pros and cons -- 5 Trade wars, economic warfare, and the law -- The international law of armed conflict and economic warfare -- International law and interventions in trade and finance in conflicts short of armed force -- Criticism of WTO practice and reform debate -- 6 Are sanctions effective? Can trade wars be won? -- Trade theory and the plea for protective barriers |
| Contents | 'Optimal' tariffs? Tariffs against unemployment? -- Compensation for free trade losers? -- Trade policy until 1945 -- The effectiveness of economic sanctions -- The winnability of trade wars-the case of President Trump -- Trade expectations and the causes of war -- 7 What characterizes economic warfare today? -- Demographic and technological leaps -- Revolutions in economics and finance -- On the way to a new political world order? -- Changes in the conduct of economic warfare -- Espionage, crime, and warfare short of armed conflict in cyberspace -- Economic signalling, aggression, and sanctions |
| Contents | Sanctions within the international financial system -- Currency warfare -- 8 The Chinese challenge and the disunited West -- Washington confronts China, Europe struggles for a stance -- What is China striving for? -- China's military footprint is growing -- China's rapid economic expansion around the world -- China's financial influence is growing -- China's drive for knowledge-and for control -- 9 What is to be done? -- Comprehensive competition between systems -- Making the Western model shine again -- Economics and finance in line with foreign and security policy |
| Contents | Western Europe, the EU, and the transatlantic partnership -- Reforming the international economic order and enforcing its rules -- China, Russia, and Iran -- No end in sight -- Endnotes -- References -- Index |
| Summary | This title explores the causes and instruments of 500 years of armed and non-armed international trade conflicts. Nils Ole Oermann and Hans-J gen Wolff draw on decades of experience to examine trade wars, economic sanctions, and different types of economic warfare, investigating their history, ethics, economic driving forces, and legality under current rules. They provide a clear and accessible account of the economics of trade, of trade and financial policy since the 19th century, and of the effectiveness of sanctions and the 'winnability' of trade wars. The book also describes the transformation of economic warfare since 1989, namely in cyberspace and in the world financial system, and shows how China's rise challenges the Western model of democracy and free market economies. The authors conclude with a plea for improved economic statecraft and an overhaul of the current trading regime. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 0192848909 9780192848901 |
| ISBN | 9780191944178 electronic book |
| ISBN | 0191944173 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9780192665324 electronic book |
| ISBN | 0192665324 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9780192665331 |
| ISBN | 0192665332 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |