About the Protectionist Pressures in the International Business Policy

Zdzisław W. Puślecki
(Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland)

Abstract: Different positions of the member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO) especially developed and developing countries and also USA, the European Union and Japan representatives were observed during the Doha Round of trade negotiations under the WTO. The problems of agriculture protection in the developed countries for example in European Union and USA and also in the developing countries, were becoming a serious obstacle during the negotiations. Despite the undeniable benefits of the multilateral WTO forum for trade liberalization, the rapid increase of North-South bilateral and multilateral Free Trade Areas (FTAs) begs a systematic explanation for why some forums are prioritized relative to others. The main aim of the article is the presentation the protectionist pressures in international business. In the article presents the mercantilist tendencies in the international trade policy, the theory of public choice in the foreign trade policy, protectionist pressures in different political systems, the level of protectionist pressures, food producers’ pressures.

Key words: foreign trade policy; mercantilist tendencies; theory of public choice; protectionist pressures

JEL code: F13