The Urban Economy and Regional Trade Liberalization

This book explores the role of cities in the trade liberalisation process of the global economy and their efforts to enhance the competitiveness of cities. Cities have become the primary actors in the trade liberalisation process, both in North America and Europe. It is their efforts to design strategic responses, to create city networks, to influence priorities for public expenditures, and to enhance their own competitiveness that are vital to the realisation of the potential for increased efficiency and higher incomes which free-trade promises.