Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine trade policy changes in OECD countries in the past decade and the impact of such changes on producers and consumers. Consideration is given to trade policy objectives as well as the impact of trade policies on foreign suppliers and domestic export industries in evaluating the potential benefits from protection. The results indicate that trade protection imposes high costs on the consumer and the domestic economy. The costs include higher prices, the reduction in consumer choice, and the decline in a competitive environment for domestic industries. In many instances trade protection means that consumers subsidize both domestic and foreign producers. In contrast trade protection faces severe limitations in achieving its twin objectives of job preservations and industry modernization due to supplier response in domestic and foreign countries.
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