Airbus Industrie: Conflict and Cooperation in US-EC Trade Relations

by S. McGuire

Overview

This book examines an event that never happened - a trade war between the US and the EC in respect of the civil aircraft builder, Airbus Industrie. By understanding this trade dispute, the author casts light on broader issues of international cooperation by focusing on the bilateral trade negotiations that took place between 1979 and 1992. He considers the role played by aerospace firms, the GATT and the transatlantic alliance in shaping this cooperative outcome.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333687178
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/13/1997
Series:	St Antony's Series , #14227
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

STEVEN McGUIRE is a Research Fellow in the Department of European Studies at Loughborough University: he previously taught at Coventry University. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford. His teaching and research interests are in international political economy, especially the world aerospace industry and European industrial policy.

Table of Contents

Abstract - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Cooperation in International Political Economy - Aerospace Industries in Europe and America - Airbus Expansion and Export Finance, 1970-1980 - The Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft - 'Phoney War': The Launch of the A320 - The Height of Acrimony, 1985-1988 - Negotiating the 1992 Airbus Accord - Conclusion: Airbus Industrie and International Cooperation - Bibliography - Index

Editorial Reviews

Examines the airbus trade dispute and considers the role played by aerospace firms and international regimes such as the GATT and the transatlantic alliance relationship. McGuire (Loughborough U.) draws on published sources and interviews with key players, asserting that international cooperation must be considered in light of the corporate strategy of globalized firms. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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