The political economy of American trade policy
edited by Anne O. Krueger.
Bok Engelsk 1996 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 1996.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (474 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - The Political Economy of American Trade Policy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Trade Politics and the Semiconductor Industry; 2. Steel Protection in the 1980s: The Waning Influence of Big Steel?; 3. The Political Economy of U.S. Automobile Protection; 4. The MFA Paradox: More Protection and More Trade?; 5. Precedent and Legal Argument in U.S. Trade Policy: Do They Matter to the Political Economy of the Lumber Dispute?; 6. The Political Economy of U.S. Export Subsidies for Wheat; 7. Agricultural Interest Groups and the North American Free Trade Agreement. - 8. Differences in the Uses and Effects of Antidumping Law across Import Sources9. Conclusions; Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index. - Exploring the political and economic determinants of trade protection, this study provides a wealth of information on key American industries and documents the process of seeking and conferring protection. Eight analytical histories of the automobile, steel, semiconductor, lumber, wheat, and textile and apparel industries demonstrate that trade barriers rarely have unequivocal benefits and may be counterproductive. They show that criteria for awarding protection do not take into account the interests of consumers or other industries and that political influence and an organized lo
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| ISBN | 0226454894
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