Reshaping Institutional Arrangements for the Trade Policies of the US and their Implications for the Asian Region

This study analyzes the policy initiatives that have been adopted by the US government since the 1930s. We document the institutional bodies responsible for the implementation of trade policy, as well as the objectives and decision making practices that are associated with policy formation. We also examine the new institutional movement of the Trump Administration's neo-protectionist America First trade policy and its potential impact on the...