Do trade reforms that significantly reduce import barriers lead to faster economic growth? In the two decades since Rodríguez and Rodrik's (2000) critical survey of empirical work on this question, new research has tried to overcome the various methodological problems that have plagued previous...

This survey reviews the broad changes in U.S. trade policy over the course of the nation's history. Import tariffs have been the main instrument of trade policy and have had three main purposes: to raise revenue for the government, to restrict imports and protect domestic producers from foreign...

Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Great Depression and the Rise of Protectionism -- The Gold Standard and the Great Depression -- Moving toward Protectionism: The Smoot- Hawley Tariff -- Things Fall Apart-1931 -- Trade Policy Reaction -- The Open Economy Trilemma -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2....

Taiwan was perhaps the first developing country to adopt an export-oriented trade strategy after World War II. The factors usually associated with big shifts in policy--a macroeconomic crisis, a change in political power or institutions, lobbying by export interests, pressure from international...