How Multinational Businessmen View Trade Restrictions

Abstract

In spite of low tariffs brought about by the 1962 Trade Expansion Act and the 1967 "Kennedy Round" of trade talks, this study shows that top executives in multinational business firms generally favor freer trade and would like to see an orderly reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers both at home and abroad. The sample used represents 100 firms which responded to mail questionnaires followed by personal interviews.