Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword VII
3. Preface XIII
4. Contents XVII
5. 1920-1923: Extreme postwar trade restrictions moderated as disorganization diminishes 1
6. 1924-1926: Trade policies move toward less restrictive and more stable basis 23
7. 1927: Moderating tendencies evolve into programs through treaties and conferences 32
8. 1928: Distinct progress toward tariff stability and moderation of trade restrictions 39
9. 1929: Relative lull follows trade policy readjustments of first postwar decade 46
10. 1930: General economic depression becomes dominant influence on commercial policy measures 53
11. 1931: Market shrinkages and financial crises prompt drastic trade control measures 67
12. 1932: Economic difficulties under deepening depression shape course of trade policies 91
13. 1933: Failure of hopes for collective action prompts more drastic national measures 113
14. 1934: Great activity in trade controls nets little easement in over-all restrictions 121
15. 1935: Domestic economic recovery brings some relaxation of foreign trade barriers 136
16. 1936: Trade recovery favored by improving conditions held back by uncertainties 154
17. 1937: Easement of depression tensions encourages relaxation of emergency measures 160
18. 1938: Incipient trade liberalizing moves checked by recession and political tensions 168
19. 1939: Outbreak of war brings wide resort to precautionary controls and deals 181
20. 1940: Spread of the war causes sharp shifts in world trade and controls 201
21. 1941: Year of commercial deterioration is climaxed by pearl harbor and world-wide war 229
22. 1942: As war becomes global normal trade relations eclipsed by emergency arrangements 259
23. 1943: Trade conditions worsen in axis regions while improving among allies 281
24. 1944: Prospect of war's end brings plans for more normal trading conditions 299
25. 1945: War's end brings only limited progress toward demobilization of controls 328
26. 1946: Acute needs of recently war-involved areas are the dominant trade forces 365
27. 1947: Increased importations beyond earnings bring renewed tightening of controls 384
28. 1948: Substantial improvement fails to materialize and the Marshall plan is launched 420
29. 1949: First broad efforts to "loosen up the log jam" of trade and currencies 442
30. 1950: Trade approaches normalization until Korea brings scramble for supplies 473
31. 1951: Subsidence of post-Korean trade boom brings price drops and renewed import curbs 500
32. 1952-1953: Looking ahead in world trade policies 528