This paper examines the role of Rules of Origin as a commercial policy instrument which targets the input composition of imports. Using a three country, partial equilibrium structure, we demonstrate conditions under which the imposition of a binding Rule will be welfare improving for an importer...

While the brief experiment with redistributing antidumping duty revenue to import competing firms (via the Byrd Amendment) will soon be over, interest remains in how such a mechanism affects the strategic incentives of the firms involved. In this paper we use a simple two-period duopoly model...