Trade And Technology Promotion Act

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Economists disagree on whether recent U.S. trade policies are harmful or helpful, but they all agree that there is a new trend toward focusing on results-oriented policies in specific markets and with particular trading partners. These twelve essays by leading international economists explore crucial issues in U.S. trade policy today. Topics examined include the markets for automobile and automobile parts in the United States and Japan, the U.S. response to "unfair" trading practices such as dumping, and the effects of industry- and country-specific policies. Examples include high-technology and agricultural industries and off-shore assembly in U.S. border cities. The volume concludes that some policies can act to both protect imports and promote exports, that the threat of protectionist policies can often have effects that are as pronounced as their implementation, and that regulatory policy has as great an impact on trade and investment patterns as does trade policy itself. It will be of crucial interest to international trade economists, policy specialists, and political scientists.

The chronology is a comprehensive bibliography. It contains 512 entries covering a variety of selected literature, reports, policy instruments, and significant events affecting Federal Scientific and technical INFORMATION(STI) from 1945-1990. It includes some publications and events of historic interest which relate to the evaluation of aerospace and aerospace knowledge diffusion. Each entry has been given an item number and items are arranged by columns. To provide an overview of Federal STI development, the entries are generally arranged by date of publication and event. Specific information, including the year of the event, report, or policy instrument; the author; bibliographic number; and sponsor are included. Comments regarding the major findings, recommendations, or significance have been added for each entry. The chronology has seven appendices. Appendix A is a chronology of the DTIC. Appendix B is a chronology of the NTIS. Appendix C is a chronology of NASA STI. Appendix D is an index of Executive Orders. Appendix E is an index of Public Laws. Appendix F is an index of popular common names for studies. Appendix G is a glossary of acronyms.