Author: Tim Lang
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This monograph questions the benefits of free trade, arguing that, far from promoting prosperity for all those involved, free trade only serves a narrow range of interests, primarily for the large corporations who conduct it. The authors claim that the consequences of present arrangements and those promised under the new GATT agreement will increase the difference between the world's rich and poor and accelerate the destruction of the global environment. The authors suggest instead that trading arrangements should emphasize regional self-sufficiency and the overall amount of trade should be reduced.
The New Protectionism
Author: Tim Lang
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This monograph questions the benefits of free trade, arguing that, far from promoting prosperity for all those involved, free trade only serves a narrow range of interests, primarily for the large corporations who conduct it. The authors claim that the consequences of present arrangements and those promised under the new GATT agreement will increase the difference between the world's rich and poor and accelerate the destruction of the global environment. The authors suggest instead that trading arrangements should emphasize regional self-sufficiency and the overall amount of trade should be reduced.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This monograph questions the benefits of free trade, arguing that, far from promoting prosperity for all those involved, free trade only serves a narrow range of interests, primarily for the large corporations who conduct it. The authors claim that the consequences of present arrangements and those promised under the new GATT agreement will increase the difference between the world's rich and poor and accelerate the destruction of the global environment. The authors suggest instead that trading arrangements should emphasize regional self-sufficiency and the overall amount of trade should be reduced.
The Economic and Political Roots of the New Protectionism
Author: Sima Lieberman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In this volume, the author presents the hypothesis that during the 19th and 20th centuries, political and industrial leaders of Western industrialized economics supported free-trade policies only as long as their production and sales were not threatened by significant foreign competition. When their economic hegemony was challenged, the same nations enacted protectionist measures. By integrating the historic and political factors that affected Western commercial policy in the course of two centuries, the author gives a broad perspective to the study of international trade in the 19th and 20th centuries and demonstrates the relevance of noneconomic variables in the economic history of this period.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
In this volume, the author presents the hypothesis that during the 19th and 20th centuries, political and industrial leaders of Western industrialized economics supported free-trade policies only as long as their production and sales were not threatened by significant foreign competition. When their economic hegemony was challenged, the same nations enacted protectionist measures. By integrating the historic and political factors that affected Western commercial policy in the course of two centuries, the author gives a broad perspective to the study of international trade in the 19th and 20th centuries and demonstrates the relevance of noneconomic variables in the economic history of this period.
The New Protectionism
Author: Melvyn B. Krauss
Publisher: New York : Published by New York University Press for the International Center for Economic Policy Studies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Published by New York University Press for the International Center for Economic Policy Studies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Taking the New Protectionism Seriously
Author: Brian Hindley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The New Protectionist Wave
Author: Enrico Sassoond
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349110647
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The book reviews protectionist practices in the United States, the European Community and Japan. It assesses their causes and effects. In coverage, depth of analysis and vantage point this is a unique study of the new protectionist trends that began in the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Multilateralism in trade relations is now seriously threatened by the deviant behaviour of the industrial nations, the would-be pillars of the world trading system set up after World War II. The new protectionism exerts strong pressures on the weaker components of the trading system: the developing nations. Born as an intra developed countries' affair, the new protectionism has in fact shifted its focus on developing countries, threatening the newly found outward orientation of many and making more difficult for all to retain the benefits of export trade.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349110647
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The book reviews protectionist practices in the United States, the European Community and Japan. It assesses their causes and effects. In coverage, depth of analysis and vantage point this is a unique study of the new protectionist trends that began in the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Multilateralism in trade relations is now seriously threatened by the deviant behaviour of the industrial nations, the would-be pillars of the world trading system set up after World War II. The new protectionism exerts strong pressures on the weaker components of the trading system: the developing nations. Born as an intra developed countries' affair, the new protectionism has in fact shifted its focus on developing countries, threatening the newly found outward orientation of many and making more difficult for all to retain the benefits of export trade.
Remaking U.S. Trade Policy
Author: Nitsan Chorev
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801445750
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Chorev focuses on trade liberalization in the United States from the 1930s to the present as she explores the political origins of today's global economy.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801445750
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Chorev focuses on trade liberalization in the United States from the 1930s to the present as she explores the political origins of today's global economy.
The New Protectionism
Author: John Atkinson Hobson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free trade
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free trade
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Export Restraint and the New Protectionism
Author: Kent Albert Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A study of an important recent device used to restrict international trade.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A study of an important recent device used to restrict international trade.
What's Wrong with Protectionism
Author: Pierre Lemieux
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538122138
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Putting tariffs on imported goods or setting other barriers to international trade can be tempting for politicians. They assume that many of their constituents believe that free trade is not fair trade and that other countries aren’t playing by the rules. This belief makes it easy for industry leaders to demand protection for their businesses and their workers—to “put America first.” But Americans should resist the siren calls of protectionism. In this highly relevant protectionism primer, Pierre Lemieux shows what can happen if they don’t. As the author demonstrates, trade between any two countries is fair for the same reasons as exchange between two individuals: it is to the benefit of both. Lemieux carefully refutes the arguments of those who would curtail Americans’ access to the benefits of international commerce—from the claim that we can boost economic growth by reducing imports to the belief that free trade leads to “shipping jobs overseas.” Yes, manufacturing jobs are declining in this country and have been since the 1950s. But, as Lemieux points out, that’s in large part because Americans are making more advanced products more efficiently—that’s our comparative advantage. And this is happening as less-developed countries are producing more labor-intensive, low-tech goods—that’s their comparative advantage. All parties to a trade benefit. Lemieux shows how free trade improves the lives of American consumers, especially the poor. The narrow agenda of the protectionists—to protect a small minority of producers at the expense of millions of their fellow Americans—is the wrong path for an increasingly diverse and complex economy. This concise primer shows you why.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538122138
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Putting tariffs on imported goods or setting other barriers to international trade can be tempting for politicians. They assume that many of their constituents believe that free trade is not fair trade and that other countries aren’t playing by the rules. This belief makes it easy for industry leaders to demand protection for their businesses and their workers—to “put America first.” But Americans should resist the siren calls of protectionism. In this highly relevant protectionism primer, Pierre Lemieux shows what can happen if they don’t. As the author demonstrates, trade between any two countries is fair for the same reasons as exchange between two individuals: it is to the benefit of both. Lemieux carefully refutes the arguments of those who would curtail Americans’ access to the benefits of international commerce—from the claim that we can boost economic growth by reducing imports to the belief that free trade leads to “shipping jobs overseas.” Yes, manufacturing jobs are declining in this country and have been since the 1950s. But, as Lemieux points out, that’s in large part because Americans are making more advanced products more efficiently—that’s our comparative advantage. And this is happening as less-developed countries are producing more labor-intensive, low-tech goods—that’s their comparative advantage. All parties to a trade benefit. Lemieux shows how free trade improves the lives of American consumers, especially the poor. The narrow agenda of the protectionists—to protect a small minority of producers at the expense of millions of their fellow Americans—is the wrong path for an increasingly diverse and complex economy. This concise primer shows you why.
Protectionism
Author: Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262521505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
"Through a combination of text, quotations, cartoons, tables, charts, and graphs, Bhagwati ... looks at the forces for and against protection."--Jacket.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262521505
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
"Through a combination of text, quotations, cartoons, tables, charts, and graphs, Bhagwati ... looks at the forces for and against protection."--Jacket.