The relationship between East-West trade and the Atlantic Alliance has generated lively debate among scholars and policy-makers on both sides of the Atlantic for four decades. These debates, however, are often rather parochial, with Europeans talking to Europeans, Americans to Americans, economists to economists, and so on. This book attempts to mitigate such parochialism by bringing together scholars from five countries and three academic disciplines - economics, political science and law. The relationship between East and West has many dimensions, not all of which are dealt with here. Whatever changes in East-West relations the future holds, questions about trade are likely to figure prominently. The authors hope that this book will help both scholars and policymakers to think about these problems.