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Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits : Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare.
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- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Balance of trade.
- Debts, External.
- International trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 pages, digital, PDF file)
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Provides an overview of economic arguments for free trade, common arguments for trade barriers, and the cause and economic significance of large trade deficits. Discusses the growing importance of trade to the U.S. economy, reasons why countries trade, including specialization, comparative advantage, and gains from trade, economic effects of trade barriers, and issues surrounding trade deficits, including national saving and investment behavior, costs and benefits of foreign debt, and ways of reducing the trade deficit.
- Notes:
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- CRS Report.
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- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits
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