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En économie internationale, Keynes est connu pour avoir développé un projet de coopération monétaire et financière internationale. Moins connue est sa contribution dans le domaine du commerce international. Une lecture hâtive des travaux de Keynes sur ce sujet laisse à penser que ses idées quant à la place qui revient à la discrétion et à la négociation dans la définition de la politique commerciale d'un pays sont versatiles. L'objet de cet article est de mettre en évidence la logique qui soustend l'évolution des idées de Keynes dans ce domaine.

Some historians think that the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA) of 1934 marked a revolution in the American commercial policy. In order to evaluate this assessment the author examines in detail the trade policy instruments implemented and the outcomes yielded by the American trade policy after 1934 and before the GATT came into effect (1948). He concludes that the RTAA did not revolutionize the American trade policy. The RTAA conveys first of all a change in the protection technology. But the 'new' American trade policy was also given the goal to expand American exports and to promote the American economic and political influence in the world, while the 'ancient' one has been more defensive and had intended first to protect the American economy from foreign competition.

'Some historians think that the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act (RTAA) of 1934 marked a revolution in the American commercial policy. In order to evaluate this assessment the author examines in detail the trade policy instruments implemented and the outcomes yielded by the American trade policy after 1934 and before the GATT came into effect (1948). He concludes that the RTAA did not revolutionize the American trade policy. The RTAA conveys first of all a change in the protection technology. But the 'new' American trade policy was also given the goal to expand American exports and to promote the American economic and political influence in the world, while the 'ancient' one has been more defensive and had intended first to protect the American economy from foreign competition.' (author's abstract)