Domestic Politics of Trade Policy
Title
Domestic Politics of Trade Policy
Author
Aklin, Michaël
Arias, Eric
Deniz, Emine
Peter Rosendorff, B.
Research Area
Social Institutions
Topic
Government Systems
Abstract
Domestic politics shape international trade policy, but exactly how and why remains an open question. We explore the cutting‐edge literature that focuses on how agents' interests are formed, whose interests are organized, and how those interests interact with each other via domestic political institutions to generate both trade policy and international cooperation over trade more broadly. In turn, trade policies operate as a feedback loop. International cooperation generates information via international organizations, treaties, and more informal regimes, which affects the domestic politics conflict in substantive ways. We explore each of these topics and suggest future research paths.