The political economy of trade protection

Author(s)

• Krueger, Anne O.

Bibliographic Information

The political economy of trade protection

edited by Anne O. Krueger

（A National Bureau of Economic Research project report）

University of Chicago Press, 1996

Note

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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This summary examines 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 clothing industries, the contributors trace the evolution of efforts to obtain protection, protectionist measures and their results. A chapter assessing the common themes that emerge from the studies concludes 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 should interest policymakers, business executives, and anyone interested in trade policy formulation and practice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction by 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, 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, Frank A. Wolak. 9: Implications of the Results of Individual Studies Anne O. Krueger Contributors Author Index Subject Index

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Details

• NCID: BA26978675
• ISBN:
  • 0226454916
• LCCN: 95004789
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago, Ill.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 112 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 678.1
  • NDC8 : 678.12
  • LCC : HF1455
  • DC20 : 382/.7/0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States -- Commercial policy -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Free trade -- United States -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Foreign trade regulation -- United States -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Protectionism -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Antidumping duties -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00157516