New Trade Strategy for the World Economy

Harry G. Johnson was Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.

Part 1: Time for Change in Trade Strategy Harry G. Johnson 1. Proposal for a Multilateral Free Trade Association 2. Public Discussion of Policy Issues Part 2: Options After the Kennedy Round Gerard Curzon and Victoria Curzon 1. From Ricardo to Kennedy 2. What the Kennedy Round Taught 3. Beyond the Kennedy Round 4. Need to Counter Protectionism Part 3: World Politics and Trade Strategy Lionel Gelber 1. A Countervailing Initiative 2. New Trade Strategy and the New Europe 3. America, the Global Balance and Britain 4. Open Societies and the Open Sea 5. Across the Pacific 6. A Great and Greater Contexture Part 4: Britain and the Free Trade Area Option Maxwell Stamp and Harry Cowie 1. Britain’s Post-War Trade Policy 2. Tariff and Trade Patterns 3. Proposals for a North Atlantic Free Trade Area 4. Effects of NAFTA on Britain 5. British Industry and NAFTA 6. Conclusions Part 5: Scope for New Trade Strategy David Robertson 1. New Approach to Trade Liberalisation 2. Revival of Atlantic Idea 3. Theoretical Proposals Examined 4. Principles of Free Trade Treaty 5. Geographical Scope of Arrangement 6. Britain in a Broad Free Trade Association 7. The Prospects for New Strategy.