From the Publisher
"Trade policy has always been politically contentious... In the charged Trump political environment, American trade policy has again been at the center of things, making this a timely book... Summing Up: Highly Recommended." — CHOICE
"When NAFTA was being debated in the early 1990s, enthusiasm for the neoliberal 'project' was at a fever pitch. Yet, against long odds and near unanimous elite support, an emergent coalition of labor and environmental activists managed to politicize the proposed treaty and shape the final agreement in significant ways. In Trade Battles, Kay and Evans offer a compelling account of this outcome. But theirs is also a cautionary tale of how this outcome led state actors to insulate trade policy from movement intervention, eroding democracy in the process."-Doug McAdam, Stanford University "Kay and Evans recount a quarter-century of civil society's 'inside' and 'outside' advocacy campaigns on labor and environmental standards in trade agreements. Starting with NAFTA and then tracing post-NAFTA trade agreements, the authors explore diverging strategies among advocates who seek a seat at the table and those who view trade agreements as cookbooks, with workers and the environment on the menu. This insightful framing analysis by two prominent scholars is also a ripping good story for those interested in trade, labor, and environmental affairs."
-Lance Compa, Cornell University
