Domestic Politics and International Relations in US-Japan Trade Policymaking: The GATT Uruguay Round Agriculture Negotiations (International Political Economy Series)

Annotation To what extent does domestic politics affect the agreement reached in an international trade negotiation? In order to address this question, Christopher C. Meyerson develops an approach to analyzing the relationship between domestic politics and international relations in trade policymaking. This approach is used to analyze both American and Japanese trade policymaking and US-Japan trade negotiations, especially during the GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations that occurred between 1986 and 1994. Meyerson not only develops an innovative approach to the analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and international relations in trade policymaking, but also, using publicly available GATT documents and publications, US Congressional hearings and Japanese-language sources, provides a strong narrative description of the roles of the United States and Japan in the GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 8 List of Abbreviations......Page 12 1 Introduction......Page 14 The contextual two-level game approach to analyzing trade policymaking......Page 17 Analyzing American trade policymaking......Page 28 Analyzing Japanese trade policymaking......Page 38 Analyzing a US–Japan trade negotiation......Page 48 The GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations......Page 52 The Reagan Administration and the beginning of the Uruguay Round......Page 55 The George H.W. Bush Administration and the Uruguay Round Mid-Term Review Agreement, the Draft Final Act, and the US–EC Blair House Accord......Page 63 The Clinton Administration and the conclusion of the negotiations, signing of the agreements, and passage of implementing legislation......Page 73 Domestic politics and international relations in American trade policymaking during the negotiations......Page 78 The Nakasone Administration and the beginning of the Uruguay Round......Page 82 The Takeshita Administration and the Uruguay Round Mid-Term Review Agreement......Page 88 The Uno Administration and the loss of the LDP Upper House majority......Page 90 The Kaifu Administration and the December 1990 Ministerial Meeting......Page 91 The Miyazawa Administration and the Draft Final Act......Page 95 The Hosokawa Administration and the conclusion of the negotiations and signing of the agreements......Page 98 The Hata Administration, the Murayama Administration, and the passage of implementing legislation......Page 101 Domestic politics and international relations in Japanese trade policymaking during the negotiations......Page 102 The GATT Committee on Trade in Agriculture......Page 111 The Preparatory Committee......Page 113 The Punta del Este Declaration......Page 114 The first negotiating proposals......Page 115 The Mid-Term Review Agreement......Page 121 The tabling of national positions......Page 126 The July 1990 Framework Agreement of de Zeeuw......Page 128 The December 1990 Ministerial Meeting......Page 130 The December 1991 Draft Final Act......Page 133 The conclusion of the negotiations......Page 136 The signing of the agreements and passage of implementing legislation......Page 140 Domestic politics and international relations in US–Japan trade policymaking during the negotiations......Page 141 6 Conclusion......Page 147 Notes......Page 161 Select Bibliography......Page 189 C......Page 231 D......Page 232 G......Page 233 H......Page 234 J......Page 235 M......Page 237 R......Page 238 T......Page 239 U......Page 240 Z......Page 241

To what extent do domestic politics affect the agreement reached in an international trade negotiation? In order to address this question, Christopher C. Meyerson develops an approach to analyzing the relationship between domestic politics and international relations in trade policymaking. This approach is used to analyze both American and Japanese trade policymaking and US-Japan trade negotiations, especially during the GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations between 1986 and 1994. Meyerson not only develops an innovative approach to the analysis of the relationship between domestic politics and international relations in trade policymaking, but also, using publicly available GATT documents and publications, US Congressional hearings and Japanese-language sources, provides a strong narrative description of the roles of the United States and Japan in the GATT Uruguay Round agriculture negotiations.

The growing number of countries that have become members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the expanding number of trade-related issues that are of concern to citizens of various countries, have led to an increased need to better understand the relationship between domestic politics and international relations in trade policymaking.