The Political Economy of American Trade Policy

by Anne O. Krueger

Book Overview

Exploring the political and economic determinants of trade protection, this study provides a wealth of information on key American industries and documents the process of seeking and conferring protection.

Eight analytical histories of the automobile, steel, semiconductor, lumber, wheat, and textile and apparel industries demonstrate that trade barriers rarely have unequivocal benefits and may be counterproductive. They show that criteria for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226454894
• ISBN13: 9780226454894
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"