The state of North American free trade

In 1989, a Free Trade Agreement was signed between the United States and Canada. This past June, at a meeting between the presidents of the United States and Mexico, agreement was reached to begin negotiations toward a similar agreement between their countries. Could this be the impetus for a trilateral agreement among the three countries and, perhaps, even creation of a North American Common Market?     

American trade policy after the Kennedy Round

Not so long ago, Senator Dirksen, Republican, and his Democrat colleague, Senator Hartke, have placed before the US Senate a complete bunch of new restrictive bills on Imports, intending to cut all Imports by laying down reduced quotas. They were to shield all the branches of the US economy that have to compete keenly in the world's markets, against the impact of cheap foreign goods. These bills came not entirely surprising, as Immediately after the Kennedy Round a number of commentators were actuated by the fear lest the agreed tariff cuts should mobilise the protectionists in the US. INTERECONOMICS had occasion to talk about new problems of American trade policy with the Commercial Attaché Harris P. Dawson.     

The Japanese corporate network transferred to North America: Implications for North American firms

A significant difference between Japanese and American corporate environments is the existence of extensive networks of intercorporate agreements among firms in Japan. Networks in Japan are the dominant factor in determining how firms transact with other organizations. Given that Japanese networks are taking root in the American business environment, what does this mean for American firms competing and cooperating with Japanese firms? Drawing on a recent study of North American-Japanese joint ventures, this article examines the Japanese network and considers the implications for outsider firms gaining temporary, and perhaps even permanent access to the network through the formation of alliances and joint ventures with Japanese firms. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

EEC trade policies and Latin American export performance

Since the beginning of the seventies Latin American exporters have been losing ground to their Asian competitors on the EEC as well as on the world market. While Latin American authorities tend to put the blame on external factors, and among them not least on the allegedly protectionist and descriminating EEC trade policy, Dr. Langhammer shows that internal, “home-made” policy shortcomings have hampered Latin American exports at least to the same extent.     

点评2004年美国高技术产品国际贸易

国际贸易概况 美国是当今世界的科技强国,也是全球高技术产品流通的重要集散地。1989年以来,美国高技术产品国际贸易的规模逐年扩大,并于2000年达到峰值4494.77亿美元,年均增长10.16％。2000年以后,贸易规模略有缩减。到2002年,美国高技术产品国际贸易总额降为3737.16亿美元。2003年,美国高技术产品贸易总额略有回升,达到了3872.39亿美元。     

2005北美国际车展上的福特汽车

在2005北美国际车展福特展台上，05款福特野马敞篷车成为关注的焦点之一。它具有全新的结构设计、强悍的外形、动力澎湃的发动机、令人激动的后轮驱动以及实惠的价格，在今年春季将上市。     

Steel: A new round of protectionism in American trade

Traditionally the American steel industry is the most protected industrial sector in the USA and internationally it is the largest user of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings. At the end of 1994 a ruling from the GATT Panel settled the most recent trade dispute in the steel market. A number of the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy proceedings applied for by US integrated steel producers in 1992 remain in effect. The following paper outlines the latest trade dispute in the steel trade, beginning with an overview of the various rounds of protectionism to date, and seeks to analyse the background to and causes of the dispute.     

North Atlantic trade and investment links: For internal and external openness

Proposals for transatlantic integration of any kind arouse strong interest because of the economic power of the potential partner countries. The following article attempts to assess the impact of a “free trade and investment area” and examines the costs and benefits involved. The author would like to thank Michael Finger (WTO), Ray Matalony and Obie Whichard (US Department of Commerce) for the kind provision of trade and investment data.     

光荣与梦想2013年底特律车展重磅新车

全新玛莎拉蒂总裁 玛莎拉蒂此次发布的全新一代总裁是该车系的第六代车型.外观方面,玛莎拉蒂设计师为优雅的车身上增加了更多的侵略性.比如前大灯采用了不规则的多边形造型,前保险杠的进气口经过修改后更具张力. 动力方面,全新玛莎拉蒂总裁提供分别两种发动机.其中,搭载3.8T V8双涡轮增压发动机的高配车型的最大功率可以为390kW,在8速自动变速器的配合下,0-100km/h加速成绩为4.7秒     

富士重工斯巴鲁亮相2006年北美国际车展

富士重工斯巴鲁旗下三款产品参加了2006年北美国际汽车展。富士重工业株式会社是一家集生产运输、航空宇宙产品和斯巴鲁汽车为一体的全球性制造厂商。以“思考，感受，驾驶”、“通过双向融通概念刨造全新价值”为核心，斯巴鲁力求创造一种实现舒适驾驶、高安全性，同时兼备完美环保性能的汽车。北美国际汽车展于2006年1月14日至22日在底特律举行。本次北美国际车展，富士重工斯巴鲁展出了在39届东京车展上极受欢迎的三款产品，包括：斯巴鲁概念车B5-TPH、斯巴鲁生态型汽车Rle、斯巴鲁Impreza翼豹WRC2006原型车。     

通用汽车携精英亮相2005北美车展

新年伊始，全球历史最悠久的国际车展——北美国际汽车展(NAIAS)就拉开了帷幕，推出一场新品迭出的盛大演出。通用汽车携麾下精英出场，以八款全球首展新车全面展示其雄厚实力。     

The WTO trade effect

This paper re-examines the GATT/WTO membership effect on bilateral trade flows, using nonparametric methods including pair-matching, permutation tests, and a Rosenbaum (2002) sensitivity analysis. Together, these methods provide an estimation framework that is robust to misspecification bias, allows general forms of heterogeneous membership effects, and addresses potential hidden selection bias. This is in contrast to most conventional parametric studies on this issue. Our results suggest large GATT/WTO trade-promoting effects that are robust to various restricted matching criteria, alternative GATT/WTO indicators, non-random incidence of positive trade flows, inclusion of multilateral resistance terms, and different matching methodologies.     

浅谈绿色贸易壁垒

随着经济全球化和世界环保浪潮的日益高涨,环境因素在国际贸易中的影响力在不断加大.绿色贸易与绿色贸易壁垒成为人们普遍关注的课题之一,并日益深刻地影响着世界各国贸易的发展.