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Instruments of International Trade
Policy
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Instruments of Trade Policy
Tariffs and Non-tariff barriers:
o Subsidies
o Import quotaso Voluntary export restraints (VER)
o Antidumping policies and,
o Administrative policies.
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Definition: a tariff is a tax levied on
imports.
A tax imposed by a government on goods
entering at its border.
It may be used as a revenue generating tax orto discourage import of goods or both.
Ex EU and US pasta war n Banana War
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Instruments of trade policy
Tariffs - oldest form of trade policy Specific-specify an amount that will be levied on each unit of
imported good. ($10/ton of tea or $5 on a barrel of oil.)
Ad valorem-are based ona percentage of the value of the
imported good (5% of the import value).Anyone who
pays property taxes has seen the tern ad valorem (an
amountbased on the value of the property).
Good for government Protects domestic producers
Reduces efficiency
Bad for consumers Increases cost of goods
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Instruments of trade policy-subsidies
Government payment to a domestic producer
Cash grants
Low-interest loans
Tax breaks
Government equity participation in the company
Subsidy revenues are generated from taxes
Subsidies encourage over-production,
inefficiency and reduced trade
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Subsidies help domestic producers in two ways:
1) subsidies help domestic producers compete
against low cost foreign imports, and
2) subsidies help domestic producers gain exportmarkets.
According to official figures, the government
subsidies to industry in most industrialized countriesamount to between 2 percent and 3.5 percent to the
value of industrialized output.
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Instruments of trade policy - Quota
Quotais a specific unit or dollar limit applied to a
particular type of good.
Ex Imported TV Sets in G Britain
Italian restrictions on Japanese motorcycles
U S quotas on Sugar, Textiles.
Import quota
Restriction on the quantity of some good imported into acountry
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Voluntary export restraint (VER)
it is an agreement between importing country and
exporting country for a restriction on volume of exports
Common in textile, clothing, steel, agriculture and
automobiles
VER also termed as OMA Orderly Market
Arrangements Quota on trade imposed by exporting country, typically
at the request of the importing country
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Instruments of trade policy -Quota
Benefits producers by limiting import
competition
Japanlimited exports to 1.85 mm vehicles/year
Cost to consumers - $1B/year between 81 - 85.
Money went to Japanese producers in the form
of higher prices
Encourages strategic action by firms in order tocircumvent quota
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Instruments of trade policy- local content
Local content requirements specify that firms must
produce some portion of a good domestically
The purpose of a local content requirement is usually
to aid the formation of domestic industries, to keepmanufacturers from switching to foreign suppliers,
or to keep foreign firms from setting up screwdriver
plants. where imported manufactured components
undergo simple assembly in order to avoid some
other trade restriction on the importation of the fully
assembled product
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Requires some specific fraction of a good to beproduced domestically
Percent of component parts
Percent of the value of the good Initially used by developing countries to help shift
from assembly to production of goods.
Developed countries (US) beginning to implement.
For component parts manufacturer, LC Regulationsacts the same as an import quota
Benefits producers, not consumers
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Instruments of trade policy-administrative
policies
Bureaucratic rules designed to make it
difficult for imports to enter a country.
Japanese masters in imposing rules.
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Instruments of trade policy-anti dumping
policies Defined as
Selling goods in a foreign market belowproduction costs
Selling goods in a foreign market below fairmarket value
Result of
Unloading excess production.
Predatory behavior
Remedy: seek imposition of tariffs
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Political arguments for intervention
Protecting jobs and industries
Common Agricultural Policy (Europe) and VER
National security
Defense industries - semiconductors
Retaliation Punitive sanctions
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Political arguments for intervention
Protecting consumers
Genetically engineered seeds and crops
Hormone treated beef
Protecting human rights
MFN
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Economic arguments for intervention
Infant industry.
Oldest argument - Alexander Hamilton, 1792
Protected under the WTO
Only good if it makes the industry efficient.
Brazil auto-makers - 10th largest - wilted when
protection eliminated
Requires government financial assistance. Today if the industry is a good investment, global
capital markets would invest
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Economic arguments for intervention
Strategic trade policy
Government should use subsidies to protect
promising firms in newly emerging industries
with substantial scale economies
Governments benefit if they support domestic
firms to overcome barriers to entry created byexisting foreign firms
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Development of the world trading system
GATT -multilateral agreement established
under US leadership1948 Objective is to liberalize trade by eliminating
tariffs, subsidies, & import quotas
19 original members grew to 120
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Development of the world trading system
Used Rounds of talks to gradually reduce
trade barriers
Uruguay Round GATT 1986-93 Mutual tariff reductions negotiated
Dispute resolution only if complaints were
received
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Disturbing trends in the world trading
system
Pressure for greater protectionism due to
Increase in the power of Japans economic
machine and closed Japanese markets US trade deficit
GATT circumvented by many countries
Through use of VER
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GATT criticisms
Economic theories dont fit the real world
model
US global preeminence has declined Shift from cutting tariffs to eliminating non-
tariff barriers angered countries
National Treatment or Most FavoredNation status results in inequalities
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The World Trade Organization
The WTO was created during the Uruguay Roundof GATT to police and enforce GATT rules
Most comprehensive trade agreement in history
Formation of WTO had an impact on
Agriculture subsidies (stumbling block: US/EU)
Applied GATT rules to services and intellectualproperty (TRIPS)
Strengthened GATT monitoring andenforcement
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The WTO
145 members in 2003
Represents 90% of world trade
9 of 10 disputes satisfactorily settled Tariff reduction from 40% to 5%
Trade volume of manufactured goods has
increased 20 times
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The WTO
Policing organization for:
GATT
Services
Intellectual property
Responsibility for trade arbitration:
Reports adopted unless specifically rejected
After appeal, failure to comply can result incompensation to injured country or tradesanctions
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WTO at work
280 disputes brought to WTO between 1995
and 2003
196 handled by GATT during its 50 year
history
US is biggest WTO user
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The WTO -achievements
Telecommunications (1997)
68 countries (90%) of world telecommunications
revenues Pledged to open their market to fair competition
Financial Services (1997)
95% of financial services market 102 countries will open, their markets to varying
degrees
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WTO in Seattle
Millennium round was aimed at furtherreduction of trade barriers in agriculture andservices
WTO meeting disrupted by Human rights groups
Trade unions
Environmentalists Anti globalization groups
No agreement was reached
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Doha agenda -WTO
Cutting tariffs on industrial goods andservices
Phasing out subsidies Reducing antidumping laws
WTO regulation on intellectual property
should not prevent members from protectingpublic health
TRIPS agreement
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Antidumping cases by WTO members
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Antidumping actions
Four sectors account for 70 percent of all
antidumping actions reported to WTO
Metal industries
Chemicals
Plastics
Machinery and electrical equipment
Actions often initiated by politicians in thevarious countries to please strong lobbying
groups in exchange for votes
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Protectionism in agriculture
Recent focus of WTO on agricultural subsides These are 3 to 5 times higher than non-
agricultural subsidies
Advanced nations are the strongest defenders ofthis system
Combination of high tariffs and subsides onagricultural product
Raises price to the consumer Reduces volume of agricultural trade
Encourages overproduction of subsidizedproducts
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Protection of intellectual property
Trade related Aspects of Intellectual property
(TRIPS)
WTO members allowed to grant and enforce
patents and copyrights
This encourages innovation
Reduces piracy rates in drugs, software music
Expected to boost global economic rates andsocial and economic welfare around the world
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Managerial implications
Trade barriers act as a constraint on firm
strategy
May be useful to establish more production
activities in the protected country
Business gains from governments efforts to
open protected markets are more than gains
from governments efforts to protect domesticindustries/firms