Abbott’s foreign investment policy
This is the sentence that makes me feel most uncomfortable: Voters are likely to be less hostile to foreign investment if they think that the governme...
Tag: tariffs
Ingredients of trade success
OK, so I read World Bank documents for the pictures. It’s true…I’m not ashamed to admit it. The prose in these tomes is often glutinous but the graphs are g...
The falling value of tariff bindings
The strongest argument for completing the WTO’s barely enduring Doha round of trade negotiations is that it will further narrow the legal right of WTO...
PC to consider protection for retailers
Retailer Gerry Harvey had to eat crow earlier this year when his angry customers (and scornful competitors) trashed his campaign to eliminate the GS...
Good idea or insidious threat?
When an economy has trade leverage, the threat of discriminatory duties need not be simple protectionism. "The US can help China make the necessary adjustments...
What explains tariff levels?
It's not economic policy (or even necessity) as much as the political economy that drives trade policies. "The relationship between the overall tariff policy (...
China worries about U.S. carbon tariffs
In a speech in the U.S. yesterday, Tung Chee-hwa, vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) hit out at plans for car...