U.S. Trade Policy and the Pacific Rim, from Fordney-McCumber to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962: A Political-Economic Analysis

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: From 1922 to 1962, United States trade policies changed dramatically, marked in the beginning by the heightening of protectionism and then the mobilization toward trade liberalization. The effect of these policies on the Pacific Rim, however, has been little studied. This thesis investigates the extent to which U.S. trade policies during this period impacted the Pacific Rim economies differently from the rest of the world. Empirical analysis demonstrates that U.S. trade with the Pacific Rim had consistently higher tariff barriers than U.S. trade with the rest of the world. This thesis then analyzes the reasons behind this phenomenon from both a political economy and a historical perspective. On both fronts, the Pacific Rim was at a disadvantage, and its higher barrier to trade with the U.S. was by no means historically accidental.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2007

Author	Ye, Lei (Sandy)
Primary advisor	Wright, Gavin
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Economics

Subject	Stanford Department of Economics
Subject	United States
Subject	trade policies
Subject	Pacific Rim
Subject	tariffs
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/fh582my1053

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Preferred Citation: Ye, Lei (Sandy). (2007). U.S. Trade Policy and the Pacific Rim, from Fordney-McCumber to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962: A Political-Economic Analysis. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/fh582my1053

Stanford University, Department of Economics, Honors Theses

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