Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the concept of strategic trade policy. The
analysis of strategic trade policy is part of a broader research agenda that has been very …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the basic structure of international trade
agreements as they exist in practice, explores theoretically the normative consequences of …

An unprecedented trade war broke out between the world's two largest economies in 2018
and escalated subsequently. It is the first major economic conflict to occur in the era of …

Tariff barriers (TBs) are regulated under the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT), such as the most-favoured-nation treatment article, which establishes …

Since its inception in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has regularly been in the
news. There have been optimistic stories of expanding WTO membership that emphasize …

Arguments that common or similar antitrust rules are essential for eliminating antidumping
do not have a strong economic foundation and are only weakly supported by existing …

In a vertically differentiated industry a domestic and a foreign firm first choose the quality of
their goods and then compete in quantities, or prices, in the home market. We investigate the …

The hottest topic in international trade theory during the 1980s was undoubtedly imperfect
competition. The work on monopolistic competition by Paul Krugman (1979, 1980) and …

Die Diskussion um die industriepolitisch motivierte" französische Klausel" und die
wettbewerbspolitisch motivierte" deutsche Klausel" in der EG-Verordnung zur …

It is suggested that trade measures should be used to induce exporters to adopt more
ambitious climate policy and reduce global emissions. However, a tariff and the exporter's …