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Critical Discussion Questions
- Do you think the US government should take human rights
considerations into account when granting most favored nation trading
status to China? What are the arguments for and against taking such
a position?
- Whose interests should be the paramount concern of government
trade policy--the interests of producers (businesses and their employees)
or of consumers?
- Given the arguments relating to the new trade theory
and strategic trade policy, what kind of trade policy should business
be pressuring government to adopt?
- You are an employee of a US firm that produces personal
computers in Thailand and then exports them to the United States
and other countries for sale. The personal computers were originally
produced in Thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs
and a skilled work force. Other possible locations considered at the
time were Malaysia and Hong Kong. The US government decides to impose
punitive 100 percent ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from
Thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that
restrict US exports to Thailand. How do you think your firm should respond?
What does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?
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