The Political Economy of Brazil’s WTO Case Against the United States

This book is about the remarkable trade conflict between two agricultural superpowers with a focus on Brazil’s rapid agricultural modernization in recent decades and its impact on trade policy formation and global economic governance. Previous research, including Black (2016), trace the origins and evolution of the cotton dispute up to the August 31, 2009 final arbitration ruling that authorized Brazil to impose retaliatory trade measures to compel U.S. compliance. Inside the Cotton Dispute offers a comprehensive examination of the bilateral relations and negotiations that culminated with the October 2014 mutual solution to one of the most important trade conflicts since the establishment of the World Trade Organization. Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D. is Senior Fellow and adjunct professor of Global Commerce and Policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government-George Mason University. He is senior advisor to Horizon Engage and former international advisor to the Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Algodão (Abrapa).