《MAKING FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY》

1. The Problem1

Domestic-International Trade-offs1

Domestic-International Coordination6

This Study13

2. Food Policy19

Four Competing Concerns20

Food Policy until 1972: Farm Policy Primacy27

3. The Russian Wheat Purchases, 197236

Background37

The Failure to Know39

The Continuation of the Subsidy41

The Failure to Expand Acreage43

4. The Soybean Embargo, 197350

Background50

The Failure to Know53

Why Export Controls?56

Why Such Severe Controls?60

5. The Struggle over Food Aid, 1974 and 197565

Background65

The Decision(s) to Expand Food Aid67

The Fight over Allocation77

The Case of Bangladesh82

6. The Grain Reserves Proposal, 197588

Background88

The Slow Pace of Policymaking91

The Proposal’s Content: The Mountain Labored95

7. The Russian Grain Purchases, 1974 and 1975103

Background103

The Rocky Road to Balanced Policy107

The Disruptive Political Effects115

8. Food Policy Begins at Home121

9. Trade Policy129

Competing Trade Concerns129

The Crisis in Trade Policy134

The Nixon Administration Response137

The Nixon Trade Proposal143

10. The Trade Bill in the House, 1973150

Background151

The Ways and Means Committee Markup155

The Bill as a Whole162

To the House Floor165

11. The Trade Bill in the Senate, 1974168

Background169

The Finance Committee Markup172

A More Restrictive Bill184

Strategy for the Senate Floor184

The Trade Act of 1974188

12. Trade Policymaking: Politics and Organization191

The Immediate Aftermath193

The Carter Administration197

Completion of the MTN200

The Role of Strauss and STR202

Trade Reorganization?206

13. Coordinating Foreign Economic Policy211

The Limits of Centralization211

Location of a Coordinating Staff217

Recommendations227

Appendix229

Index231