Trade, Trade Barriers, and Trade Deficits : Implications for U.S. Economic Welfare.
Provides an overview of economic arguments for free trade, common arguments for trade barriers, and the cause and economic significance of large trade deficits. Discusses the growing importance of trade to the U.S. economy, reasons why countries trade, including specialization, comparative advantage...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2004.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Provides an overview of economic arguments for free trade, common arguments for trade barriers, and the cause and economic significance of large trade deficits. Discusses the growing importance of trade to the U.S. economy, reasons why countries trade, including specialization, comparative advantage, and gains from trade, economic effects of trade barriers, and issues surrounding trade deficits, including national saving and investment behavior, costs and benefits of foreign debt, and ways of reducing the trade deficit. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |