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- a government economic policy of restricting the level of imports by using measures such as tariffs and NTBs in order to protect a country's domestic industries
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- Remarks by the Vice President to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- WASHINGTON -- U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1:16 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you all very much. A welcome like that is almost enough to make me want to run for office again. [Laughter.] Almost. Almost. But it's a pleasure as always to have a chance...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Return to sender; Europe's postal services.
- Protectionism hampers the reform of Europe's postal services THE romantic image of the trusty postman, delivering letters to the farthest-flung corners of the land, makes the reform of postal services a sensitive subject. This is especially true when the impetus for reform comes from...
- Research articles 2007-01-20
- Yet More Marketing Idiocy.
- Yet More Marketing Idiocy.People in Glass Houses...Dear Reviewer, Just wanted you to know that I read your article and agree, we need to make changes to our webpage. In fact, you should know that we are in the process of creating a brand new, user-friendly website for journalists...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Peter Bauer's Market-Liberal Vision
- Bauer has been a consistent and cogent defender of the role of the market economy in bringing about economic development. No one has done more in clarifying the reach of Adam Smith's thesis regarding the creative contributions of exchange. -Amartya Sen1 A pioneer in development economics At a time when...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Market access for developing countries.
- Poor countries could boost growth and reduce poverty by expanding exports to the rich countries and to each other. But, despite the progress made in trade liberalization under successive multilateral agreements, many barriers persist in both developing and industrial countries. LIVING standards in Korea, only 50 years ago...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Roll call
- WASHINGTON -- Here is how area members of Congress were recorded on major roll call votes in the week ending March 19. HOUSESTEEL -- Voting 289 for and 141 against, the House passed a bill (HR 975) limiting steel imports into the United States so that they account...
- Research articles 1999-03-22
- -THE WHITE HOUSE: Press briefing by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-22 October 1998-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Press briefing by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Richard Fisher C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:211098 1:10 P.M. EDT * The Briefing Room MS. WEISS: Good afternoon. Today, we...
- Research articles 1998-10-22
- Wealthy Countries' Trade Policies Sap Economies of Developing Nations; New Research Quantifies Harm of Agricultural Subsidies, Protectionism
- WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Protectionism and subsidies by industrialized nations cost developing countries about US$24 billion annually in lost agricultural and agro-industrial income, according to a study released today by the International FWASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Protectionism and subsidies by industrialized nations cost developing countries about...
- Research articles 2003-08-26
- Political potshots over the economy
- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw was probably not imagining the Federal Reserve Bank, but his musing is loose enough to encompass that institution and...
- Research articles 1996-04-01
- The economics of managed trade. (A Survey of World Trade)
- IN THE main, the new theories broaden the old exceptions, to the point where the benefits to be gained from an interventionist trade policy might be worth the costs. The essential ingredient is the idea of imperfect competition. Many categories of trade, the argument goes, are ...
- Research articles 1990-09-22
- Industrial nations to intensify policy coordinating efforts
- Industrial Nations to Intensify Policy Coordination Efforts The finance ministers and central bank governors of Canada, France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (represented by Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker III and chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...
- Research articles 1988-03-01
- His darkest hour?
- HIS DARKEST HOUR? UNDERESTIMATING Ronald Reagan is a thriving cottage industry along the shores of the Potomac. Periodically, pundits converge to pronounce the end of the Reagan Administration. Veteran Reagan-watcher Lou Cannon did it first, concluding his 1982 book, Reagan, with the bold statement that, although Ronald...
- Research articles 1987-12-18
- Grouchy Greenspan issues warnings.(Reverse Spin)
- Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. Talk about someone who woke up on the wrong side of the bed Friday morning. In an early-morning speech, Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve Board chairman, warned that trade protectionism and...
- Research articles 2005-08-29
- CHINA APPEALS FOR EXCHANGE STABILITY AND FIGHT AGAINST PROTECTIONISM
- AsiaInfo Services 05-14-2002 China Appeals for Exchange Stability and Fight Against Protectionism SHANGHAI, May 14, 2002 AsiaPort via COMTEX -- Jin Liqun, vice Minister of Ministry of Finance, expressed recently at the 35th Asian Development AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2002-05-14
- The Rise of Protectionism
- The voices of ignorance ("Buy American") and prejudice ("Limit visas") have grown predictably louder during the current crisis. Fortunately, reason and the forces of globalization have managed to prevail. So far. Buy American Take the Buy American provisions. In the original House...
- Articles 2009-04-15
- Jagdish Bhagwati: The Perils of Protectionism
- The respected global economist on America's growing and alarming me-first attitude, and how well the Obama administration is acquitting itself on global trade issues. Do you see a resurgence of economic nationalism in the U.S., or elsewhere? Protectionist...
- Articles 2009-04-15
- How to Make the Financial Crisis Worse
- Trade barriers. "Buy American" rules. Anti-immigrant hysteria. The protectionist fever that helped make the Depression Great shows sign of reemerging here and now. Do bad times bring out countries' inner protectionists? Yes, and there are alarming signs that it could be happening again. "This has happened in the past,"...
- Articles 2009-04-15
- The Problem with Protectionism
- When the economy is dragging and jobs are scarce, protectionism may be a natural response, but is it a smart defense? MoneyWatch's Sumi Das and Jill Schlesinger discuss what history has taught us about the economic policy and how it can hinder, instead of fostering growth.
- Videos 2009-04-16
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- Rising Protectionism Threatens World Trade -- And U.S. Jobs
- Ever since Congress imposed a Buy American package as part of the stimulus plan, politicians and economists have been warning about the dangers of protectionism in a contracting world economy. We're now seeing the first indications that those fears may be well founded, with potentially serious consequences for the health...
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- Bank ins. rhetoric suffers from protectionism. (Agent-to-Agent) (Column)
- If there's anything to be learned from the humiliating escapades of George Bush and his cast of whiners in Japan earlier this year, it's that the protectionism that sells to the constituents at home often withers under the heat of outside scrutiny. If there's...
- Research articles 1992-02-10
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