Trade Policy of Emerging Powers

Laura Carsten Mahrenbach is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Curry College, USA. She holds a doctorate in Social Sciences from the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany with a specialization in International Political Economy. Prior to graduate school, she spent a year as a Fulbright teaching assistant in Hannover, Germany.

"The foreign economic policy of emerging powers is a highly timely subject. This book presents a much-needed comparative treatment of the role of Brazil and India in trade negotiations. Based on very comprehensive document analysis and many interviews, it contains a wealth of empirical information that will be of great value to policy-makers and scholars. Laura Mahrenbach is to be commended for developing a convincing argument in favour of a domestic politics-approach towards emerging markets international behaviour." - Andreas Nolke, Goethe University, Germany "This book examines the causes for India's and Brazil's international trade strategies in an exemplary, theoretically guided and empirically profound way. In this highly welcome comparative analysis, Laura Carsten Mahrenbach conceptualizes the the potential influence of societal ideas and interests in well developed hypotheses and tests them systematically in detailed case studies. Thus, her book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the role of domestic politics in shaping governmental strategies and to the international political economy of emerging powers." - Stefan A. Schirm, Ruhr University, Germany "An interesting and sophisticated analysis, this book provides valuable reading for students and scholars working on contemporary trade issues and rising powers." - Amrita Narlikar, University of Cambridge, UK

• 1. Empirical Puzzle, Arguments and Research Design 2. Brazil: Context and Trade Liberalization 3. Brazil: Dispute Settlement and Conclusions 4. India: Context and Trade Liberalization 5. India: Dispute Settlement and Conclusions 6. Conclusions, Revised Framework and Implications