Now available directly from:  IIE 11 Dupont Circle, NW Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 328-9000  Subsidies raise some of the most important and difficult issues of contemporary international economic relations. They are increasingly viewed as a key source of distortions to trade and investment flows and, while important initial steps have been made to bring them under international control, most governments view these efforts as an intrusion into their national sovereignty, and sharp differences remain concerning the nature and legitimacy of various subsidy practices.  This book seeks to explain and analyze both the concepts underlying the subsidy problem and the most important of the issues involved. It discusses the various standards used to determine the existence and impact of subsidies in both agricultural and industrial trade, focusing in particular on the highly contentious problems of export credits, tax incentives, and the treatment of developing countries. One section of the book covers domestic subsidies, defining and relating them to international trade and offering proposals on how to deal with them constructively.  The book concludes with a series of proposals for improving the ability of the international trading system to deal with problems posed by subsidies. These include more extensive (and perhaps altered) use of countervailing duties, the new concept of countervailing subsidies, and other possible means of handling third country markets. Changes in the existing international regime and in domestic legal structures are recommended to limit the adverse economic and political effects of subsidy practices.

Subsidies in International Trade

Business & Money

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde

Shelton, J. R.

International

Peterson Inst for Intl Economics

Imf Conditionality

Education & Reference

Economic Sanctions in Support of Foreign Policy Goals (POLICY ANALYSES IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS)

Now available directly from:  IIE 11 Dupont Circle, NW Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 328-9000  This book traces the origins of international debt and recent trends that burden it, including the effect of oil price shocks, high interest rates, and world recession. It examines the extent of the financial system's vulnerability, and the adequacy of bank regulation and of central bank coverage for emergency lending to international banks.  Recent international rescue measures mounted for the major developing countries are discussed, and the prospects for orderly servicing of the debt during the next three years are reviewed under alternative assumptions about world economic conditions to determine whether the problem is one of short-term illiquidity or longer-term insolvency. The book also notes the implications of reduced bank lending for growth in developing countries and, by induced effects on trade, in industrial countries. It considers mainstream policy measures, especially increasing the resources of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, as well as more radical proposals, such as mandatory stretch-outs and write-downs of bank loans.

International Debt: Systemic Risk and Policy Response

Cline, William R.

Economics

Trade Policy for Troubled Industries (Policy Analyses in International Economics)

Industries

Global Economic Imbalances (Special Reports, 4)

Management & Leadership

<p>This is the First systematic analysis of the political activity and influence of the range of US economic interests export industries, industrial users of imports, retailers, and household consumers, that benefit from international trade. The study examines which groups suffer most from current and prospective US import restrictions, when and why they enter the political arena, and what influence they have on government decisions. It concludes with recommendations for current US trade policy and processes.</p>

Anti-Protection: Changing Forces in United States Trade Politics

Elliott, Kimberly Ann

Destler, I.M.

Odell, John S.

Business

Special Report, 5. Institute for International Economics. (May 1986). Paperback.

African Debt and Financing (Special Report, 5)

<p>Balassa, Bela, Bueno, Gerardo M., Kuczynski, Pedro-Pablo, Simonsen, Mario</p>

Toward Renewed Economic Growth in Latin America

Balassa, Bela

Bueno, Gerardo M.

Kuczynski, Pedro-Pablo

Simonsen, Mario

Anti-Protection: Changing Forces in United States Trade Politics (POLICY ANALYSES IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS)

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