Strategic Trade Policy Reconsidered: National Rivalry vs Free Trade vs International Cooperation
质疑自由贸易的优越性,认为其赋予跨国公司战略决策者自由,却牺牲了其他利益相关者。作者主张通过公共政策推动贸易战略,支持中小企业网络和国际合作,而非国家冠军企业或国家竞争。
Sharing the concerns of others about strategic trade policy, the authors nevertheless dispute free trade as the favored option. The 'free' in free trade is seen as freedom at a cost; it refers to strategic decisionmakers in transnational corporations being free to further their own ends despite resistance from others. The authors advocate 'trade strategies,' public policy initiatives aimed at democratizing strategic decisions concerning international trade. Rather than supporting national champions and national rivalry, and unlike earlier strategic trade theory, their arguments favor networks of smaller firms and a process where conflicts are recognized and addressed in a spirit of international cooperation. Copyright 1998 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG