Explaining Failed Free Trade Agreement Negotiations

This volume analyses the reasons for failure in bilateral Free Trade Agreement Negotiations and, in doing so, indirectly conveys on the necessary conditions for the successful completion of these types of accords. The author develops a heuristic and eclectic theoretical framework in which elements from new trade theory, international relations, international political economy, and negotiation theory are combined in a cogent and balanced manner to analyse the process that bring two countries to halt such negotiations. This book brings to light the fact that failed experiences are there and deserve scholarly attention; despite the fact that stalled cases are a minority compared to successfully completed Free Trade Agreement Negotiations. Empirically, it analyses two failed Free Trade Agreement Negotiations from Latin America. This volume is particularly recommended for practitioners of diplomacy in general and trade diplomacy in particular, as well as students and scholars in the fields of Latin American Politics, International Relations, International Political Economy, Trade, and Negotiation.