In August 1935, Gottfrieb Haberler wrote (Theory of International Trade, Preface to the English Edition):
[I]t seems to me that the theory of international trade, as outlined in the following pages, requires further development, in two main directions. The theory of imperfect competition and the theory of short-run oscillation (business cycle theory) must be applied to the problems of international trade. It will soon be possible to do this in a systematic way, since much progress has been made in both fields in recent years.
With regard to the first of these questions, there is the literature which centres around the two outstanding books, Monopolistic Competition by Professor E. Chamberlin and Imperfect Competition by Mrs. Joan Robinson. In the second field where further development is required, it is not so easy to refer to a body of accepted theory.