The Impact of Governments on East-West Economic Relations

Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-3 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 Perestroika and East-West Economic Interaction....Pages 5-8 The Soviet Attitude Toward Integration in the World Economy....Pages 9-21 Soviet Foreign Trade Reforms and the Challenge to East European Economic Relations with the West....Pages 23-46 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 U.S.-Soviet Trade Policy in the 1980s....Pages 47-64 U.S. East-West Trade Policy....Pages 65-93 U.S. Foreign Economic Policy Towards Eastern Europe....Pages 95-104 U.S. East-West Economic Policy: A Soviet View....Pages 105-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Foreign Trade Strategies in Eastern Europe: Determinants, Outcomes, Prospects....Pages 119-152 The Role of Governments in Fostering East-West Economic Cooperation....Pages 153-156 The Role of the Hungarian Government in East-West Economic Relations....Pages 157-168 The Impact of Governments on East-West Economic Relations: The Case of Poland....Pages 169-173 East-West Economic Relations and National Interests: The Case of The GDR....Pages 175-184 East European Governments and East-West Economic Relations: The Case of Czechoslovakia....Pages 185-196 The Reform of Socialism and East-West Relations: The Yugoslav Experience....Pages 197-220 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 The Role of the EC in East-West Economic Relations....Pages 221-241 EC-CMEA Economic Relations: Realities and Prospects....Pages 243-246 The Role of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany in East-West Economic Relations....Pages 247-253 The Role of Japan in East-West Economic Relations....Pages 255-257 The Role of the Austrian Government in East-West Economic Relations....Pages 259-277 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 The Western Politics of East-West Trade Negotiations: East European Countries and the Gatt....Pages 279-293 The Role of the West European and Japanese Governments in East-West Economic Relations: The View from Eastern Europe....Pages 295-314 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 Global Adjustment Problems of the 1990s: The Effects on East-West Trade Policies....Pages 315-352 East-West Economic Interdependence and The Rise of Foreign Trade Constituencies....Pages 353-359 East-West Economic Relations in the 1990s: The Demands on Politics....Pages 361-371 New Thinking and the Role of Governments in the World Economy....Pages 373-393 Back Matter....Pages 399-407 Annotation In this volume the perceptive reader will find many clues to the future of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, East-West economic relations and the impact of governments in this area. The authors are aware of the mistakes of the past, the limitations of centralized planning, the dangers and the futility of confrontation; and the global significance of the new roles that governments must play in the transitional period of political and economic reform in the East