The effects of U.S. trade protection and promotion policies / edited by Robert C. Feenstra.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Feenstra, Robert C.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research project report.

National Bureau of Economic Research project report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade promotion--United States--Congresses.

Foreign trade promotion.

Protectionism--United States--Congresses.

Protectionism.

Free trade--United States--Congresses.

Free trade.

Investments, Foreign--United States--Congresses.

Investments, Foreign.

Investments, American--Congresses.

Investments, American.

United States--Commercial policy--Congresses.

United States.

United States--Commercial treaties--Congresses.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Japan--Congresses.

Japan--Foreign economic relations--United States--Congresses.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Economists disagree on whether recent U.S. trade policies are harmful or helpful, but they all agree that there is a new trend toward focusing on results-oriented policies in specific markets and with particular trading partners. These twelve essays by leading international economists explore crucial issues in U.S. trade policy today. Topics examined include the markets for automobile and automobile parts in the United States and Japan, the U.S. response to "unfair" trading practices such as dumping, and the effects of industry- and country-specific policies. Examples include high-technology and agricultural industries and off-shore assembly in U.S. border cities. The volume concludes that some policies can act to both protect imports and promote exports, that the threat of protectionist policies can often have effects that are as pronounced as their implementation, and that regulatory policy has as great an impact on trade and investment patterns as does trade policy itself. It will be of crucial interest to international trade economists, policy specialists, and political scientists.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Car wars: Trying to Make Sense of U.S.-Japan Trade Frictions in the Automobile and Automobile Parts Markets

2. Explaining Domestic Content: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Automobile Production in the United States

3. Protectionist Threats and Foreign Direct Investment

4. Foreign Direct Investment and Keiretsu: Rethinking U.S. and Japanese Policy

5. U.S.-Japan Telecommunications Trade Conflicts: The Role of Regulation

6. Testing Models of the Trade Policy Process: Antidumping and the "New Issues"

7. The Trade Effects of U.S. Antidumping Actions

8. Determinants and Effectiveness of "Aggressively Unilateral" U.S. Trade Actions

9. Whither Flat Panel Displays?

10. Causes and Consequences of the Export Enhancement Program for Wheat

11. The Effects of Offshore Assembly on Industry Location: Evidence from U.S. Border Cities

12. Market-Access Effects of Trade Liberalization: Evidence from the Canada- US. Free Trade Agreement

Contributors

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Papers presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference held in Richmond, VA, on Oct. 6-7, 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611430870

9781281430878

1281430870

9780226239538

0226239535

OCLC:

476229467