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Title

The Political economy of trade protection / edited by Anne O. Krueger.

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors

Krueger, Anne O.

Description

ix, 112 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• Although it advocates free trade, the U.S. government often provides trade protection for American industries. This volume is a clear and concise examination of the level, form, and evolution of American trade protection.
• In case studies of trade barriers imposed during the 1980s to help the steel, semiconductor, automobile, lumber, wheat, and textile and apparel industries, the contributors trace the evolution of efforts to obtain protection, protectionist measures, and their results. Also included is a cross-section study of the determinants of administered protection that sheds light on the overall political economy of protection.
• In a chapter assessing the common themes that emerge from the studies, a number of conclusions are drawn. Among these are that the focus of current trade law is exclusively on the individual protection-seeking industries, with little regard for indirect effects on using industries or for consumers. Reform could usefully take these effects into account. This volume will be of interest to policymakers, business executives, and anyone interested in current trade policy formulation and practice.

Series Statement

A National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Uniform Title

National Bureau of Economic Research project report.

Subjects

• Foreign trade regulation > United States > Congresses
• Protectionism > Congresses
• United States > Commercial policy > Congresses
• Free trade > United States > Congresses
• Antidumping duties > Congresses

Note

• Papers presented at a one-day conference in Washington, DC, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Anne O. Krueger -- 1. The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Trade Conflict / Douglas A. Irwin -- 2. The Rise and Fall of Big Steel's Influence on U.S. Trade Policy / Michael O. Moore -- 3. Making Sense of the 1981 Automobile VER: Economics, Politics, and the Political Economy of Protection / Douglas R. Nelson -- 4. Import Protection for U.S. Textiles and Apparel: Viewed from the Domestic Perspective / J. Michael Finger and Ann Harrison -- 5. Do Precedent and Legal Argument Matter in the Lumber CVD Cases? / Joseph P. Kalt -- 6. The Political Economy of the Export Enhancement Program for Wheat / Bruce L. Gardner -- 7. Agricultural Interest Group Bargaining over the North American Free Trade Agreement / David Orden -- 8. The Effect of Import Source on the Determinants and Impacts of Antidumping Suit Activity / Robert W. Staiger and Frank A. Wolak -- 9. Implications of the Results of Individual Studies / Anne O. Krueger.

ISBN

0226454916 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

95004789

OCLC

• 32589090
• ocm32589090

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries