Clemens Wurm 
Business, Politics and International Relations [PDF ebook] 
Steel, Cotton and International Cartels in British Politics, 1924–1939

Frontmatter — Contents — Preface — List of tables — List of abbreviations — Introduction — Part I. Great Britain and the international steel cartel 1924-1939 — 1. Britain and Europe 1924-1931: the failure to reach agreement — 2. The great depression, tariff protection and the steel industry 1931-1932 — 3. The steel industry under protection — 4. ‘Fighting tariffs’ and negotiations with the international steel cartel — 5. Britain enters the international steel cartel — 6. The agreement with the steel cartel, British foreign policy and international relations — Part II. Commercial diplomacy during the great depression: Great Britain, Japan and the division of the world cotton market — 7. Britain and the rise of Japanese competition — 8. The background to the Anglo-Japanese cartel negotiations — 9. The cartel negotiations and Anglo-Japanese relations — 10. Summary: cotton, business diplomacy and British foreign policy — Conclusion: steel, cotton, international cartels and British politics in the inter-war period — Notes — Bibliography — Index