Beyond the Twin Deficits: A Trade Strategy for the 1990's - A Trade Strategy for the 1990's

An analysis of the declining trend in international competitiveness of US industry, indentifying three groups of countries that account for most of the trade deficit: Germany and Japan, the East Asian NICs and the Latin American debtors. For each case, underlying structural problems are explored.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Executive Summary; Introduction; Chapter 1a Competitiveness, Trade, and Incomes; Chapter 2 Disentangling the Twin Deficits; Chapter 3 Evidence for a Secular Decline in Competitiveness; Chapter 4 Structural Roots of U.S. Trade Problems: An Overview; Chapter 5 The Industrialized Surplus Countries: Japan and Germany; Chapter 6 Trade Problems with Developing Countries; Chapter 7 Implications for Policy;

About the author

Blecker, Robert A.

Summary

An analysis of the declining trend in international competitiveness of US industry, indentifying three groups of countries that account for most of the trade deficit: Germany and Japan, the East Asian NICs and the Latin American debtors. For each case, underlying structural problems are explored.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Blecker, Blecker Robert A.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.1992
• EAN: 9781563240904
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-090-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, International Trade, Central government policies, International trade and commerce