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A recent study on 21 protected industries showed that while jobs are protected, consumers pay much higher prices because of protectionism: U.S. consumers pay about $70 billion per year in higher prices because of tariffs and other protective restrictions. At the same time, the average cost to consumers for saving one job in these protected industries was $170,000 per year. Protectionism is politically popular, particularly during times of declining wages, and/or high employment, but it rarely leads to renewed growth in a declining industry.
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Trade Barriers
Tariffs Quotas and Import Licenses Voluntary Export Restraints (VER) Boycotts and embargoes Monetary barriers
Blocked currency Government approval
Trade Barriers
Weaken
Restrict
Trade Barriers
Quotas and Import Licenses
Quota is a specific unit or dollar limit applied to a particular type of good (increases price of good) Import licenses limits quantities on a case-by-case basis Japan and foreign rice; Banana wars between the United States and the EU
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Shortly after World War II, the U.S. and 22 other countries signed GATT (1947) which paved the way for the first effective worldwide tariff agreement Basic elements of the GATT
Trade shall be conducted on a nondiscriminatory basis Protection shall be afforded domestic industries through customs tariffs, not through such commercial measures as import quotas Consultation shall be the primary method used to solve global trade problems
Stabilization of foreign exchange rates Establishment of freely convertible currencies to facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade
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Lending money to the governments of developing countries Providing assistance to governments for developmental projects to the poorest developing countries (per capital incomes of $925 or less) Lending directly to the private sector Providing investors with guarantees against noncommercial risk Promoting increased flows of international investment
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Anti-globalization Protests
The unintended consequences of globalizing
Environmental concerns Worker exploitation and domestic job losses Cultural extinction Higher oil prices Diminished sovereignty of nations
Protests
WTO meeting in Seattle (November 2009) World Bank and IMF meetings in Washington D.C. (April 2010) World Economic Forun meeting in Australia (September 2010) IMF meeting in Prague (September 2010) Terrorism in London (2005)
Antisweatshop campaigns
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