Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Great Britain and the international steel cartel 1924-1939 -- 1. Britain and Europe 1924-1931: the failure to reach agreement -- 2. The great depression, tariff protection and the steel industry 1931-1932 -- 3. The steel industry under protection -- 4. 'Fighting tariffs' and negotiations with the international steel cartel -- 5. Britain enters the international steel cartel -- 6. The agreement with the steel cartel, British foreign policy and international relations -- Part II. Commercial diplomacy during the great depression: Great Britain, Japan and the division of the world cotton market -- 7. Britain and the rise of Japanese competition -- 8. The background to the Anglo-Japanese cartel negotiations -- 9. The cartel negotiations and Anglo-Japanese relations -- 10. Summary: cotton, business diplomacy and British foreign policy -- Conclusion: steel, cotton, international cartels and British politics in the inter-war period -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index