Trade and Development in a Globalized World

The Unfair Trade Problem in U.S.DThai Trade Relations

By (author) John M. Rothgeb Jr., Benjamas Chinapandhu

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Publication date:

27 November 2006

Length of book:

132 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739161883

Trade and Development in a Globalized World examines how the unfair trade regulations of advanced countries affect developing societies. The most prominent of these regulations are those pertaining to dumping and subsidies. As antidumping and antisubsidy laws have proliferated, they have increasingly undermined the trade-related development strategies of poor countries. To determine how developing states attempt to cope with the problems created by unfair trade rules, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu conducted a case study of the ThaiDU.S. trade relationship. The results, revealed here, show that unfair trade regulations have evolved substantially from their origins as devices for ensuring that international markets can not be manipulated to confer advantages upon selected exporters and that these regulations now serve as the primary protective mechanisms for guaranteeing that advanced country producers will not face competition from developing country industries.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Evolution of United States Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Rules and Procedures
Chapter 3 Thailand's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Problems
Chapter 4 Conclusions and Implications
Chapter 5 Appendix A: Glossary of Terminology and Abbreviations
Chapter 6 Appendix B: Questions for the Thai Dumping and Subsidy Survey

Trade and Development in a Globalized World is an important study that deserves close scrutiny from political economists and international security experts. Based in part on extensive interviews with government officials and private industry groups, Rothgeb and Chinapandhu provide an insightful and very readable account of the Thai?U.S. trading relationship that clearly and concisely illustrates the many roadblocks that developing nations face as they seek to redress unfair trade conditions. Theirstriking conclusions and provocative policy recommendations are sure to have an impact on decision-makers in both the developing and the developed world...