Reciprocity, Delegation, and Collective Action in American Trade Policy
by
Michael J. Gilligan
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Until the New Deal, most groups seeking protection from imports were successful in obtaining relief from Congress. In general the cost of paying the tariffs for consumers was less than the cost of mounting collective action to stop the tariffs. In 1934, with the passage of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements...