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Trade: With whom? for what? a citizens's guide to the trade debate

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  • Robert B. Reich

    (Teaches political economy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. His most recent book is “The Resurgent Liberal and Other Unfashionable Prophesies”)

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The only real trade policy choices involve how to manage trade. The four important choices to make in formulating trade agreements are whether they are: (1) rule-oriented or outcome-oriented; (2) uniform across the economy or sectoral; (3) aggressive or passive in enforcement; and (4) bilateral or multilateral. Preferences for various combinations of these variables depend on resolving conflicting goals. Important goal conflicts include whether to seek balanced trade versus a higher standard of living, gains of the zero-sum type or only those of the positive-sum type, relative wealth or absolute wealth, and profits for American corporations versus good jobs for Americans.

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  • Robert B. Reich, 1990. "Trade: With whom? for what? a citizens's guide to the trade debate," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 9(3), pages 391-399.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:9:y:1990:i:3:p:391-399
    DOI: 10.2307/3325283
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    1. Maria Papadakis, 1994. "Did (or does) the United States have a competitiveness crisis?," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 13(1), pages 1-20.

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