The Political economy of trade conflicts : the management of trade relations in the US-EU-Japan triad
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The Political economy of trade conflicts : the management of trade relations in the US-EU-Japan triad
(Europe-Asia-Pacific studies in economy and technology)
Springer-Verlag, c1994
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Papers presented at a conference which was organized by the German Institute for Japanese Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation together with the Institute of Modern Political Science and Economics of Waseda University in December 1993
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9783540583950
Description
David Ricardo's law of comparative advantage and his finding that free trade increases the wealth of all participating nations is one of the very few economic laws which is accepted by almost all economists. But economic reason and economic policy do not always follow the same path. This especially applies to trade policies. A substantial and growing part of trade between Japan, Europe and the US does not follow the principles of free trade, but is more accurately managed trade. The management of international trade, international trade negotiations, and the political dynamics of trade conflicts create a complex reality which follows its own laws without regard to economic policy prescriptions. This political-economic reality was the subject of the conference 'The Political Economy of Trade Conflicts' organizedjoindy by the German Institute for Japanese Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation together with the Institute of Modern Political Science and Economics of Waseda University in December 1993. We present the results of the conference in this reader.
Three issues were of special importance: the US-Japanese conflict over the reduction of trade imbalances via quantitative import targets; the liberalization of trade in agricultural products, especially the opening of the Japanese rice market; and the trade tensions between the European Union, the US and Japan in high technology industries. The conference took place immediately before the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, and yet its subject continues to be of high political importance. In early 1994, the US-Japan conflict around quantitative import targets became more tense.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Change, Conflict, and the Management of Trade Relations.- One Changes in National, Bilateral, and Regional Trade Policies.- Foreign and Domestic Determinants of Trade Policy.- EU Trade Policy: Special Interests versus Social Welfare.- EU Trade Policy vis-a-vis Japan: From Confrontation to Cooperation.- Japanese Trade Policy and Political System.- The US-Japan Structural Impediments Initiative: A Model for Reducing Trade Friction?.- US-Japanese Trade Relations: Challenges and Opportunities.- Two Special Policy Areas.- Japanese Farm Products Trade and Japanese Agricultural Policy.- Historical Background of Government Interventions in Agriculture and Possible Compromise in Farm Trade.- EU Agricultural Policy and International Trade Conflicts.- The Role of Government in High Tech Trade.- Bureaucratic R&D Policies: The Japanese Example.- An Analysis of Antidumping Policies in World Markets for High Technology Products.- National Policies in a Global Economy: The Case of Competition Policy.- Author Profiles.
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: [pbk] ISBN 9783642457425
Description
David Ricardo's law of comparative advantage and his finding that free trade increases the wealth of all participating nations is one of the very few economic laws which is accepted by almost all economists. But economic reason and economic policy do not always follow the same path. This especially applies to trade policies. A substantial and growing part of trade between Japan, Europe and the US does not follow the principles of free trade, but is more accurately managed trade. The management of international trade, international trade negotiations, and the political dynamics of trade conflicts create a complex reality which follows its own laws without regard to economic policy prescriptions. This political-economic reality was the subject of the conference 'The Political Economy of Trade Conflicts' organizedjoindy by the German Institute for Japanese Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation together with the Institute of Modern Political Science and Economics of Waseda University in December 1993. We present the results of the conference in this reader. Three issues were of special importance: the US-Japanese conflict over the reduction of trade imbalances via quantitative import targets; the liberalization of trade in agricultural products, especially the opening of the Japanese rice market; and the trade tensions between the European Union, the US and Japan in high technology industries. The conference took place immediately before the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, and yet its subject continues to be of high political importance. In early 1994, the US-Japan conflict around quantitative import targets became more tense.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Change, Conflict, and the Management of Trade Relations.- One Changes in National, Bilateral, and Regional Trade Policies.- Foreign and Domestic Determinants of Trade Policy.- EU Trade Policy: Special Interests versus Social Welfare.- EU Trade Policy vis-a-vis Japan: From Confrontation to Cooperation.- Japanese Trade Policy and Political System.- The US-Japan Structural Impediments Initiative: A Model for Reducing Trade Friction?.- US-Japanese Trade Relations: Challenges and Opportunities.- Two Special Policy Areas.- Japanese Farm Products Trade and Japanese Agricultural Policy.- Historical Background of Government Interventions in Agriculture and Possible Compromise in Farm Trade.- EU Agricultural Policy and International Trade Conflicts.- The Role of Government in High Tech Trade.- Bureaucratic R&D Policies: The Japanese Example.- An Analysis of Antidumping Policies in World Markets for High Technology Products.- National Policies in a Global Economy: The Case of Competition Policy.- Author Profiles.
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