Introduction : beyond free trade / Kate Ervine and Gavin Fridell -- Historicizing trade. Trade history : from the tree to the futures market, the historical process of coffee commodification, 1500-today / Steven Topik ; Food regimes and food import dependence : an analysis of Jamaica's food imports, 1950-2000 / John M. Talbot ; historicising trade preferences and development : the case of the ACP-EU canned tuna preference / Liam Campling -- Politicizing trade : shifting alliances and new trends. Regional trading agreements, the geopolitics of China's rise, and development in East Asia / Paul Bowles ; The new Chinese presence in the Caribbean : towards a global understanding / Cecilia A. Green ; The new geoeconomics of capital in Latin America : alternative trade and development in an era of extractive capitalism / Henry Veltmeyer ; Canada, extractivism, and hemispheric relations / Ricardo Grinspun and Jennifer Mills ; The commodities boom in South America : a case of regressive restructuring? / James M. Cypher ; Trading on the offshore : territorialization and the ocean grab in the international seabed / Anna Zalik -- Trading for change? Can shopping change the world? : fair trade social premiums and neoliberal development in the global recession / Mark Moberg ; On the margins of the rising South : ALBA and petrocaribe in the Carribbean / Gavin Fridell ; South American post-newliberalism and external imbalances : the case of Argentina, 2003-2014 / Ruth Felder ; Trading carbon : offsets, human rights, and environmental regulation / Kate Ervine ; The resilience of forced labour in global production and trade / Nicola Phillips -- Conclusion. Trade policy and politics : from comparative advantage to trade gamble / Gavin Fridell and Kate Ervine.