La crisi economica sembra spingere il pendolo verso il protezionismo nei rapporti internazionali fra le economie. Alcune tracce del dibattito
18 gen 2009
Libro elettronico “The crisis and protectionism: Steps world leaders should take” a più mani deggli economisti di Vox in difesa del liberismo. “VoxEU.org has just published another Ebook in our “What leaders should do in the Crisis” series; this one focuses on trade. Unless world leaders strengthen trade cooperation, new tariffs and competitive devaluations could trigger a protectionist spiral of WTO-consistent trade barriers. To rule this out, world leaders should: 1) Reduce protectionist pressures by fighting the recession with macroeconomic polices; 2) Translate APEC and G20 leaders’ words into deeds by agreeing a framework for concluding the Doha Round; and 3) Establish a real-time WTO/IMF surveillance mechanism to track new protection.“
