Revisiting the UK and Ireland’s Transatlantic Economic Relationship with the United States in the 21st Century

AnneGroutel is an associateprofessor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (France) where she teachesEnglish applied to economics, business and management. Her publicationsinclude: “Whither the State? The Recent Evolution of the Role of the State inIreland”, Irish Studies inEurope Series, (2012) and “Engaging the Irish Diaspora in Ireland’sEconomic Development: a Double-edged Sword?”, IrishStudies in Europe Series, (2014).Marie-ChristinePauwels is an associateprofessor of American Studies in the Foreign Languages Department of theUniversity of Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense (France). She has written severalbooks on American culture and society including, The Civilization of the UnitedStates (regularly updated)and The American Dream (1997). ValériePeyronel is a professorof Anglo-Irish Studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3 University (France) andhas been the director of CERVEPAS (Centre d’Étude et de Recherche sur la VieÉconomique des Pays Anglophones) since October 2012. She has published andco-edited several works on these issues, including La crise financière et leséconomies du monde Anglophone (2010)and “Crisis: what crisis?”, Etudesirlandaises, Autumn issue(2015).

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Turning the Telescope Around: The Anglo-American 'Special' Economic Relationship in the 'Post-American' World.- 3 Irish-US Economic Relations: End of an Era of a Promising Future?.- 4 American Investment in Ireland: Strategies, Incentives and Perspectives.- 5 The Role of Finance in US-UK Relations Today and Its Global Influence.- 6 Albion's Global Reach: British Influences on US and EU Financial Regulation in the 1980s and the Era of the 'Great Recession'.- 7 British and American Monetary Policies Convergence: Structural Coincidence of Transatlantic Mutual Influence?.- 8 The US and UK (1970-2010): Ordinary Trading Partners?.- 9 Transatlantic Service Trade and Investment: Dynamics of and Challenges to the 'Special Relationship' in the 21st Century.- 10 Irish-Owned Exporting Companies: Looking East, Looking South but Still Going West.