A coalition of well-organized semiconductor producers along with compliant government agencies (USTR and the Commerce Department) brought about a 1986 trade agreement in which the United States forced Japan to end the 'dumping' of semiconductors in all world markets and to help secure 20 percent...

A coalition of well-organized semiconductor producers along with compliant government agencies (USTR and the Commerce Department) brought about a 1986 trade agreement in which the United States forced Japan to end the 'dumping' of semiconductors in all world markets and to help secure 20 percent...

Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Great Depression and the Rise of Protectionism -- The Gold Standard and the Great Depression -- Moving toward Protectionism: The Smoot- Hawley Tariff -- Things Fall Apart-1931 -- Trade Policy Reaction -- The Open Economy Trilemma -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2....