Fragmenting Globalization

The Politics of Preferential Trade Liberalization in China and the United States

Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Political Economy
Paperback : 9780472054701, 320 pages, 22 figures, 14 tables, 6 x 9, March 2021
Hardcover : 9780472074709, 320 pages, 22 figures, 14 tables, 6 x 9, March 2021
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Firms compete when their supply chains are global vs. domestic

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Global supply chain integration is not only a rapidly growing feature of international trade, it is responsible for fundamentally changing trade policy at international and domestic levels. Given that final goods are produced with both domestic and foreign suppliers, Ka Zeng and Xiaojun Li argue that global supply chain integration pits firms and industries that are more heavily dependent on foreign supply chains against those that are less dependent on intermediate goods for domestic production. Hence, businesses whose supply chain would be disrupted as a result of increased trade barriers should lobby for preferential trade liberalization to maintain access to those foreign markets. Moreover, businesses whose products are used in the production of goods in foreign countries should also support preferential trade liberalization to compete with suppliers from other parts of the world.

Fragmenting Globalization uses multiple methods, including time series, cross-sectional analysis of the pattern of Preferential Trade Alliance formation by existing World Trade Organization members, a firm-level survey, and case studies of the pattern of corporate support for regional trade liberalization in both China and the United States. Zeng and Li show that the growing fragmentation of global production, trade, and investment is altering trade policy away from the traditional divide between export-oriented and import-competing industries.

Ka Zeng is Professor of Political Science and Director of Asian Studies at the University of Arkansas.

Xiaojun Li is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.

Fragmenting Globalization proposes something that so far only a small, emergent literature has accomplished: to systematically investigate the preferences of firms regarding preferential trade liberalization. This is a major and timely contribution.”

—Mark Manger, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto

- Mark Manger, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto

“As IPE scholarship increasingly pays more attention to global production, Fragmenting Globalization is timely.”

—Soo Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore

- Soo Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore

Fragmenting Globalization is quite novel to focus on GVCs in the context of international political economy. This is a new spin on trade relations.”
—Rachel L. Wellhausen, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
 

- Rachel L. Wellhausen

"This is an important work that makes significant theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature of international political economy. Summing Up: Recommended."
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- CHOICE

"By employing both in-depth interviews and firm-level surveys, the authors not only provide original contributions to the political economy of trade literature but also to the comparative politics literature in general."
Journal of Chinese Political Science
 

- Journal of Chinese Political Science