Download or read book A Model for the Study of International Trade Politics written by William F. Kolarik, Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Together with efforts to control the arms race, commercial issues were a central feature of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1970s. There was a clear recognition that trade and economic issues were of key importance to political relations. This book, first published in 1987, is a comprehensive analysis of the views and perceptions held by Soviet Area Executives of US ‘trade actor’ companies in the critical years 1975-76. It focuses on the key issues of overall US-Soviet relations which formed the environment for commercial relations between the superpowers.