“Free Trade under Fire” by Douglas A. Irwin, 3rd edition, Princeton University Press, 2009

by Andreas Stamate,

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Professor Douglas A. Irwin’s Third Edition “Free Trade Under Fire” is a striking proof that mercantilism still rules the minds of people. The book is a sound and clear exposition of all important problems of modern international trade (environmental and labour standards, multilateral and bilateral trade agreements, antidumping issues etc.), in an obvious liberal or free trade key.

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