Relations between the United States and the Middle East are going through a period of significant change in which the use of force in pursuit of national interests has proved to be increasingly counter-productive. A new policy direction has been adopted which seeks to promote economic integration, development and cooperation. The recent proliferation of US-Middle East free trade agreements is a corner-stone of this new foreign policy approach. Imad El-Anis here offers an analysis of how free trade and economic integration can impact US-Middle East relations by using the Jordan-US relationship as an example. This book is essential reading for those wishing to understand the new direction of US foreign economic policy towards the Middle East and the accompanying reforms taking shape in the Arab world.

Imad El-Anis is a Lecturer in International Relations at Nottingham Trent University, and received his PhD from Nottingham Trent University.

Introduction
Chapter 1: Twenty-First Century International Political Economy: Towards a New Understanding of US-Jordan Relations
Chapter 2: Theory and Methods
Chapter 3: State-Facilitation of Trade: Jordanian Interests and Domestic and Foreign Policy
Chapter 4: State-Facilitation of Trade: US Interests and Trade Policy
Chapter 5: Bilateral Trade in Textiles and Clothing
Chapter 6: Bilateral Trade in Pharmaceutical Products
Chapter 7: Bilateral Trade in Banking and Insurance Services
Conclusions