Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction: Principal findings and policy recommendations
Simon J. Evenett, Bernard M. Hoekman and Olivier Cattaneo
Section 1: The Protectionist Allure: Then and Now
1. A Historical Perspective
Douglas A. Irwin
2. Too Early to Cry Wolf
Patrick A. Messerlin
3. Business Perceptions of Changing Trade Measures
Mondher Mimouni, Carolin Averbeck, Olga Skorobogatova and Elisa Gamberoni
4. Can International Economic Law Constrain Protectionism?
Anne van Aaken and Jürgen Kurtz
Section 2: Policy Responses to the Crisis with Economy-Wide Implications
5. Tariff Changes
Liliana Foletti, Marco Fugazza, Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga
6. Antidumping, Safeguards, and other Trade Remedies
Chad P. Bown
7. Trade Finance
Jean-Pierre Chauffour and Tom Farole
8. Stimulus Packages and Government Procurement
Simon J. Evenett
9. Exchange Rate Policies
Sebastian Weber and Charles Wyplosz
10. Labour Movement Restrictions
Biswajit Dhar and Girish Srivastava
11. Competition Policy
Frédéric Jenny
12. Green Protectionism
Ronald Steenblik
13. FDI Protectionism is on the Rise
Karl P. Sauvant
Section 3: Sector-Specific Policy Responses to the Crisis
14. Financial Nationalism
Stijn Claessens
15. Agriculture
Timothy Josling and Stefan Tangermann
16. Review and Analysis of Protectionist Actions in the Textile and Apparel Industries
Stacey Frederick and Gary Gereffi
17. Services (a Case Study of the United States)
Ingo Borchert and Aaditya Mattoo