The trade effects of the U. S. generalized system of preferences

MacPhee, Craig R.; Oguledo, Victor I.

doi:10.1007/bf02299116

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“…While the GSP has stimulated developing countries' exports, most analysts agree that i t has not lived up to its original promise primarily because most developed countries offer limited GSP coverage (Baldwin and Murray, 1977; Karsenty and Laird, 1987;MacPhee and Oguledo, 1991;. The GSP's stated purpose is to stimulate industrialization of developing countries by giving their exports preferential tariff treatment.…”

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Competitive Need Limits and the U.S. Generalized System of Preference

Devault

1996

Contemporary Economic Policy

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The United States uses competitive need limits to deny Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) treatment of imports from developing countries. The analysis here estimates in two ways the effect of competitive need limits on GSP imports. First, it uses ex post trade data to determine the effect on import values and shares. Second, it combines an ex ante model with trade and elasticity data to estimate the effect of competitive need limits. Results indicate that competitive need limits reduce affected imports by 10 to 17%. Benefits from this import reduction accrue almost exclusively to U.S. import competing firms. Copyright 1996 Western Economic Association International.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Competitive Need Limits and the U.S. Generalized System of Preference

Devault

1996

Contemporary Economic Policy

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“…11. The trade and static welfare effects of the GSP have been studied by Baldwin and Murray (1977), Truett and Truett (1993), MacPhee and Oguledo (1991), Tsanacas (1989), MacPhee and Rosenbaum (1989), Brown (1987), and others. 12.…”

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International Integration and Growth: A Survey and Empirical Investigation

Haveman

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Netz

2001

Review Development Economics

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The authors attempt a comprehensive assessment of different forms of international integration on growth. In particular, the paper considers the impact of trade flows, of inward foreign direct investment, of preferential treatment of less-developed countries, and of membership in trade blocs. Results confirm that general openness and foreign direct investment into a country do lead to increased growth; that membership in a trade bloc facilitates growth; and that the variation in income in the trade bloc also encourages more rapid growth among member countries.

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“…Third, even when eligibility is not a problem, complex rules of origin requirements inhibit full use of the preference by developing country exporters with limited technical capacity (UNCTAD, 1999). Not surprisingly, the conclusion of numerous empirical studies is that GSP has underperformed, yielding at best a bmodestQ increase in imports from beneficiary states, with some of those gains due merely to trade diversion (MacPhee and Oguledo, 1991;Brown, 1989;Sapir and Lundberg, 1984;Whalley, 1990). …”

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