Revisiting the UK and Ireland s Transatlantic Economic Relationship with the United States in the 21st Century : Beyond Sentimental Rhetoric /

This book revisits the economic relationship that ties the UK and Ireland to the United States in the aftermath of the greatest economic crisis of the past fifty years. When considering recent developments to these economic links, it appears that oppositional forces are at work. On one hand, globali...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Groutel, Anne; Pauwels, Marie-Christine; Peyronel, Val rie
Published: Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58550-9
Summary: This book revisits the economic relationship that ties the UK and Ireland to the United States in the aftermath of the greatest economic crisis of the past fifty years. When considering recent developments to these economic links, it appears that oppositional forces are at work. On one hand, globalization and the rise of new economic powers may undermine the ties. Besides, Ireland s and the UK s European Union membership could also loosen their economic ties with the US. Conversely, the future Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement may well strengthen trade and investment l
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XIII, 247 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781137585509
Index Number: HF1351
CLC: F114
Contents: 1 Introduction -- 2 Turning the Telescope Around: The Anglo-American 'Special' Economic Relationship in the 'Post-American' World -- 3 Irish-US Economic Relations: End of an Era of a Promising Future? -- 4 American Investment in Ireland: Strategies, Incentives and Perspectives -- 5 The Role of Finance in US-UK Relations Today and Its Global Influence -- 6 Albion's Global Reach: British Influences on US and EU Financial Regulation in the 1980s and the Era of the 'Great Recession' -- < 7 British and American Monetary Policies Convergence: Structural Coincidence of Transatlantic Mutual Influenc