An unusual feature of the contemporary debate about trade policy is its focus on regulation.
In the United States, regulatory policy has been politically controversial since its inception …

Economic regulation that aims to restrict competition should in principle be eliminated, says
Akira Kawamoto, principal administrator in charge of the Regulatory Reform Project in the …

Government regulation of the domestic economy increasingly arises as an issue in trade
discussions and negotiations, as recognition grows of its determining role in the openness of …

The December 1998 Report of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Working Group on the
Interaction between Trade and Competition Policy points out that trade policy and …

The emerging global economy is a source of both great promise and anxiety. Tariffs and
quotas have been reduced to historically low levels through various negotiating rounds …

This paper examines the nature of Japanese regulation, its effect on international trade, and
the reasons for the slow progress of deregulation. It argues that theinformal and …

The purpose of this book, first published in 1990, is to explain the varying levels of protection
from foreign competition across US industries by focusing on factors that affect both the …

Government health, safety, and environmental standards have, in the past two decades,
often created barriers to international trade. These non-tariff barriers have become the focus …

The form of non-tariff barriers is only constrained by the ingenuity of the bureaucrats charged
with putting them in place. As administrative activities of governments that require a …

While large, multinational corporations have supported the removal of tariffs, behind the
scenes these firms have fought for protection in the form of product regulations, including …