Middle Powers & Commercial Diplomacy: British Influence at the Kennedy Trade Round

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This study of the GATT system in the 1960s uses declassified British and American government documents to identify the key role British diplomats played at the Kennedy Round. Through the close ties that characterize the Anglo-American relationship, the British influenced American policy and strategy in the negotiations. The evidence of this study challenges realist theories of middle-power influence in the international political economy by demonstrating the determining role of state level factors such as diplomatic skill and policy expertise.