After the collapse of the Doha Development Round of the World Trade Organization talks, agricultural subsidies and market liberalization went high on the political agenda. This work features historical documents that address the thorny relationship between trade and politics, the appropriate role of international regulation, and domestic concerns.

Mark Duckenfield

Introduction, The Decline of Protectionism in Britain, 1846-52, Diffusion of Free Trade Abroad, Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1860 and the Treaty System, Free Trade Under Threat, to 1879, Copyrights and Permissions