A Model for the Study of International Trade Politics : The United States Business Community and Soviet-American Relations 1975-1976

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.