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International Trade Policy. I bet you wonder how I knew about your plans to make me blue with some other guy you knew before. Between the two of us guys you I love you more. It took me by surprise (drive me crazy), when I found out yesterday. Don’t you know that. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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I bet you wonder how I knewabout your plans to make me bluewith some other guy you knew before.Between the two of us guysyou I love you more.It took me by surprise(drive me crazy),when I found out yesterday.Don’t you know that ...
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I heard it through the grapevine.How much longer would you be mine?Oh I heard it through the grapevine,and I’m just about to lose my mind. Honey, Honey, Yea.Heard it through the grapevine, how much longer would you be mine, baby oooo oooo oo oo
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I know a man ain’t supposed to cry,but these tears I can’t hold inside.Losing you would end my life you see,‘cause you mean that much to me.You could have told me yourself that you love someone else.Instead...
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I heard it through the grapevine.How much longer would you be mine?Oh I heard it through the grapevine,and I’m just about to lose my mind. Honey, Honey, Yea.Heard it through the grapevine, how much longer would you be mine, baby oooo oooo oo oo
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People say beware of what you see, supply and demand are what you hear.I can’t hide being confused.If it is true please tell me dear.Do you plan to let me go for that other guy you loved before?Don’t you know...
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A Trade Policy Puzzle
• Gains from trade arguments (such as comparative advantage) suggest removing trade barriers, a policy of free trade– wide agreement among economists
• Yet, we see many trade barriers--tariffs, quotas, and less visible barriers
• Let’s look at the – effects
– reasons
– remedies
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Effect of a tariff18_01
New export supply curve
Export supply curve
Import demand curve
QUANTITY
PRICETotal shaded area equals tariff revenue to the government.
Price without tariff
Tariff shifts up the export supply curve by this amount.
Price paid by consumers (with tariff)
Price received by foreign sellers (with tariff)
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Effect of a Quota18_02
Export supply curve
Import demand curve
QUANTITY
PRICE
Shaded area equals profits from quota that go to quota holder.
Price received by foreign producers
Price paid by U.S. consumers
Price without quota
Quota: Imports cannot exceed this amount.
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Effect of a Voluntary Restraint Agreement (VRA)
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VRA: The foreign government agrees to keep its firms' exports below this amount.
Export supply curve
Import demand curve
QUANTITY
PRICE
Price paid by U.S. consumers
Price at which foreign producers would sell VRA amount
Profits of foreign producers increase by this amount.
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Equivalence of Tariff, Quota, VRA
• All reduce quantity imported
• All raise the price consumers pay by the same amount
• Differences– for tariff, revenue goes to government– for quota, that revenue goes to quota holder– for VRA, that revenue goes to foreign firms as
profit
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Mini History of U.S. Trade Policy
• Before the income tax, tariffs were the major source of revenue to the U.S. government
• Tariffs have fluctuated greatly reflecting internal political conflicts (abominations), trade wars (Smoot-Hawley), and new techniques to remove trade barriers (GATT)
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TARIFFS AS A SHARE OFTOTAL FEDERAL RECEIPTS(PERCENT)
100
75
50
25
01800 1900 2000
(est.)
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Uruguay Round completed (1993)
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade created (1947)
Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act (1934)
Smoot-Hawley tariff (1930)
Civil War tariffs
“Tariff of abominations” (1828)
Underwood Tariff Act (1913)Compromise
tariff (1833) and subsequent tariff reductions
DUTIES CALCULATED AS A PERCENTAGE OF DUTIABLE IMPORTS
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
01820 19701830 19601840 19501850 19401860 1930 1980 19901870 19201880 19101890 1900
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April
1930
2,739
1931
1932
1933
May
June
JulyJanuary
February
March
August
SeptemberNovember
December
October
1,839 992
1,206
Contracting Spiral of World Trade
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Economic and other arguments against free trade
• Infant industry argument– due to Alexander Hamilton– industry needs protection until it gets big
enough to keep costs low– but
• protection usually lasts well beyond infancy
• not clear which industry to protect
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national security argument
• certain goods or services are needed in time of war– shipping: Jones Act (shipping between U.S. ports
must be on U.S. ships)– VRA on machine tools– rice!!!!!– textiles needed for military uniforms!!!!!
• Alternatives– stockpile crucial materials
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retaliation argument
• use threat of a trade barrier as a bargaining instrument
• but– can cause trade war– is usually used as a specious argument for
protection
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monopoly power argument
• hold back exports to exploit other countries– OPEC cartel
• beggar thy neighbor
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Argument against reducing trade barriers because of costs during
transition to free trade• True, we do not instantly move to the
benefits of free trade and some people can be harmed during the transition
• But better to– phase out barriers slowly (10 years) – give assistance (unemployment compensation,
welfare)
• Analogy with new technological innovation
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Argument that other countries are subsidizing their industries
• But they are giving U.S. consumers a good deal; why complain?
• Most difficult to deal with in practice because it does not seem fair
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Policies to Remove Trade Barriers (Traditional)
• Unilateral Disarmament– Smith, Ricardo, Repeal of corn laws in England– rarely works, example of textile quota (Poland)
• Multilateral-- Reciprocal Tariff Reduction (GATT, WTO)– Most Favored Nation (MFN) approach– has worked very well--tariffs way down since
WWII
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Policies to remove trade barriers (newer)
• Regional--NAFTA, fast track for Chile– trade creation versus trade distortion– free trade area versus common market
• rules of origin (15 pound agreement)
• Bilateral dealings– U.S. - Japan– U.S.- China– quiet now because of Asian financial crisis, (let’s get
on to macro to find out why).
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