A coalition approach to trade policymaking in the United States: the fast-track authority fiasco of 1997 and the approval of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with China in 2000

Abstract This article proposes a framework centered on coalitions between the executive, the congress and interest groups for the analysis of the US trade policymaking process. Such a framework is focused on two main concepts, “willingness to bargain” and “pivotal actor”. The work advances two main...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Fagundes Cezar, Carlos Eduardo Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais
Series:Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292017000100210&lng=en&tlng=en