Title

U.S. Foreign Economic Policy And The Significance Of The National Economic Council

Keywords

Intermestic issues; National economic adviser; National economic council; U.S. foreign economic policy

Abstract

Research demonstrates that the National Economic Council (NEC) and the decision-making process through which economic issues must pass are essential components in the evolution of American foreign economic policy. This article will examine the functions and responsibilities of the NEC in the making of U.S. foreign economic policy under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. It selects key policies, namely international monetary policy, fiscal policy, and trade liberalization, and examines key issues within each in order to provide tentative answers to questions regarding foreign economic policy and the emergence and development of the NEC. Also, this article supplies an overview of the large body of research on international economics and foreign economic policy. Furthermore, it identifies key U.S. foreign economic policy issues developed and coordinated by the NEC. The article concludes with a discussion of to what extent the NEC is a significant development in U.S. foreign economic policy and in the making of foreign policy. © 2006 International Studies Association.

Publication Date

5-1-2006

Publication Title

International Studies Perspectives

Volume

7

Issue

2

Number of Pages

102-123

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.2006.00234.x

Socpus ID

33646427225 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33646427225

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