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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Trade\, Development and 
 Political Economy presentJames Lake\, Associate Professor of Economics\, S
 outhern Methodist UniversityContesting An International Trade AgreementAut
 hors: Matthew Cole\, James Lake and Ben ZissimosThe authors develop a new 
 theoretical political economy framework\, called a `parallel contest’\, th
 at emphasizes the political fight over trade agreement (TA) ratification w
 ithin countries. TA ratification is inherently uncertain in each country\,
  where anti- and pro-trade interest groups contest each other to influence
  their own governments’ ratification decision. Unlike prior literature\, t
 he protection embodied in negotiated TA tariffs reflects a balance between
  the liberalizing force of lobbying and inherently protectionist governmen
 t preferences. Moreover\, new international political externalities emerge
  that are not internalized by governments that just internalize terms of t
 rade externalities.&nbsp\;James Lake is Associate Professor of Economics a
 t the Southern Methodist University in Dallas. His research focuses on int
 ernational trade agreements. He has published several papers in the Journa
 l of International Economics. For more information\,\ncontact Devashish Mi
 tra\, dmitra@syr.eduSponsored by:\nMoynihan Institute of Global Affairs 
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SUMMARY:Contesting An International Trade Agreement - TDPE
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Trad
 e\, Development and Political Economy present</p><p>James Lake\, Associate
  Professor of Economics\, Southern Methodist University</p><p><b>Contestin
 g An International Trade Agreement</b><br><i>Authors: Matthew Cole\, James
  Lake and Ben Zissimos</i></p><p>The authors develop a new theoretical pol
 itical economy framework\, called a `parallel contest’\, that emphasizes t
 he political fight over trade agreement (TA) ratification within countries
 . TA ratification is inherently uncertain in each country\, where anti- an
 d pro-trade interest groups contest each other to influence their own gove
 rnments’ ratification decision. Unlike prior literature\, the protection e
 mbodied in negotiated TA tariffs reflects a balance between the liberalizi
 ng force of lobbying and inherently protectionist government preferences. 
 Moreover\, new international political externalities emerge that are not i
 nternalized by governments that just internalize terms of trade externalit
 ies.&nbsp\;</p><p>James Lake is Associate Professor of Economics at the So
 uthern Methodist University in Dallas. His research focuses on internation
 al trade agreements. He has published several papers in the Journal of Int
 ernational Economics.</p><p> <br></p><p>For more information\,\ncontact De
 vashish Mitra\, <a>dmitra@syr.edu</a></p><p>Sponsored by:\nMoynihan Instit
 ute of Global Affairs </p>
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