I. M. Destler has been associated with the Institute for International Economics since 1983. He is also a professor at the School of Public Affairs,University of Maryland. He was formerly a senior fellow at the Institute, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1977–83) and at the Brookings Institution (1972–77), and visiting lecturer at Princeton University (1971–72) and the International University of Japan (1986). He is the author or coauthor of 14 books on American trade politics and foreign policymaking, and US-Japan economic relations, including American Trade Politics, 3rd ed. (1995), The New Politics of American Trade: Trade, Labor, and the Environment (1999), Renewing Fast-Track Legislation (1997), The National Economic Council: A Work in Progress (1996), and Dollar Politics: Exchange Rate Policymaking in the United States (1989).

In this comprehensive revision of the most influential, widely read analysis of the US trade policymaking system, Destler addresses how globalization has reshaped trade politics, weakening traditional protectionism but intensifying concern about trade’s societal impacts. Entirely new chapters treat the deepening of partisan divisions and the rise of “trade and . . .” issues (especially labor and the environment). The author concludes with a comprehensive economic and political strategy to cope with globalization and maximize its benefits. The original edition of American Trade Politics won the Gladys Kammerer Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book on US national policy.