United States in the World Economy: Adaptations to Changes in Trade, Trade Policies, and Technology Transfer

摘要

The economic, legal, and political impacts of actual and potential trade and policy actions affecting the international flows of goods, services, labor, and capital between the U.S. and its trading partners are analyzed. The effects of the Tokyo Round on the structure of protection in the U.S. and other industrialized countries are considered and the effects of extending the Generalized System of Preferences are addressed. The relations of the U.S. with Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Soviet bloc countries are examined. Also considered are trade and investment in the automobile industry and in high technology goods and services. Details on meetings held on trade policies are included. Reviewer comments and a response from the principal investigator are appended to the report.