Offshoring and the Role of Trade Agreements

被引:196
作者
Antras, Pol [1 ,2 ]
Staiger, Robert W. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[3] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Econ, Madison, WI 53706 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
INTERNATIONAL-TRADE; ELECTORAL COMPETITION; INCOMPLETE CONTRACTS; PROPERTY-RIGHTS; ORGANIZATION; FIRM; INTEGRATION; OWNERSHIP; ECONOMY; PRODUCT;
D O I
10.1257/aer.102.7.3140
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
The rise of offshoring of intermediate inputs raises important questions for commercial policy. Do the distinguishing features of off shoring introduce novel reasons for trade policy intervention? Does off shoring create new problems of global policy cooperation whose solutions require international agreements with novel features? In this paper we provide answers to these questions, and thereby initiate the study of trade agreements in the presence of offshoring. We argue that the rise of offshoring will make it increasingly difficult for governments to rely on traditional GATT/WTO concepts and rules-such. as market access, reciprocity and non-discrimination-to solve their trade-related problems.
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页码:3140 / 3183
页数:44
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