There is no lack of good international economics textbooks ranging from the elementary to
the advanced, so that an additional drop in this ocean calls for an explanation. In the present …

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 …

In this paper some coherent explanations are suggested for tariff reductions and substitution
of non‐tariff barriers for tariffs, taking into account both organized special interests and …

Strategic trade theory offers a way of conceptualizing and testing for strategic government
interventions in imperfectly competitive international markets. This survey critically assesses …

The purpose of this paper is to show that export cartels are not necessarily harmful for
consumers in the importing countries. Using a strategic trade policy model, we show that …

This survey pays attention to a recent development of the literature that analyzes two
important regulatory features found in the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing …

A central result in the theoretical literature on strategic trade is the 'rent-shifting hypothesis',
the idea that government's can employ trade policy as a precommitment device to transfer …

This paper is concerned with the sustainability of free‐trade agreements (FTA). FTA
sustainability is influenced by governments' valuations of political contributions, discount …

Given that countervailing duties and import tariffs are set in different ways and for different
purposes, I re-examine the relationship between countervailing duties, foreign export …

Strategic trade theory shows that government intervention in markets with small numbers of
traders can boost the welfare of a country relative to free trade. This survey critically …