Author: George Alexander ELLIOTTPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Tariff Procedures and Trade Barriers. A Study of Indirect Protection in Canada and the United States, Etc
Author: George Alexander ELLIOTTPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Tariff Procedures and Trade Barriers
Author: George A. ElliottPublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487596669
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Most Canadians are vividly aware of some of the effects tariffs have on their daily lives. As consumers they pay more than their American neighbours for many articles in everyday use; as producers they often find their markets drastically restricted because of tariff barriers. Indeed, the customs tariff has been a burning issue in the political and economic life of the country for most of its history. It is always a current topic of discussion, in ordinary conversation, in newspapers and periodicals, in scholarly studies, and in surveys and reports by government and industry. But while Canadians, as consumers and producers, have personal experience and a general knowledge of the rates of duty explicitly stated in the customs tariff and knowingly ratified by the legislators and the public, they are not so well informed about another set of costs which, like the duties, have to be borne by importers and exporters, and ultimately by consumers and producers. These are the costs of administration, not only of the tariff, but also of other regulations designed primarily to preserve health or to prevent fraud or the infringement of patents. Certain costs of this nature are inevitable, and the delays, uncertainties, and expense they cause to exporters and importers, though not so readily apparent to the public, are nevertheless as much a part of the obstacle to trade as are the stated rates of duty. A more serious aspect of procedures for collecting customs and enforcing regulations, however, is the fact that they may confer an inordinate degree of protection on certain domestic producers, either unintentionally through inept regulations or administrative inefficiency, or intentionally by regulations designed to discriminate unobtrusively against imported merchandise. But whether they are part of the necessary cost of collection and enforcement, or unintended expenses resulting from inadvertence, or calculated burdens imposed by stealth, they all confer a greater measure of protection on the domestic consumer than has been proved by the electorate. This additional, 'indirect' protection is the subject of Professor Elliott's interesting and informative study. By a clear and orderly marshalling of the facts, and a wealth of illustrative cases, he has furnished a picture of the burden imposed on the economic life of the country and the obstacles put in the way of international trade by 'procedures.' In so doing he has provided a background of information against which the total effects of tariffs and import regulations may be assessed. It is in the interests of all that the customs tariff, like any other tax, should be designed to secure its objectives as efficiently as possible. A good customs tariff, like a good tax system, should conform to the four canons of taxation laid down long ago by Adam Smith: it should provide equity, certainty, convenience, and economy. This book is intended not as a customs manual for importers and exporters, but as a source of information and enlightenment for that alert and critical public whose interest in international economic relations and constant awareness of facts have already provided a strong impetus to a world movement in favour of more liberal trade policies. Professor Elliott's book is published under the auspices of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs and the Canadian Tax Foundation.
Tariff Procedures and Trade Barriers
Author: George Alexander ElliottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Tariff Procedures and Trade Barrieres
Author: Tariff Procedures and Trade Bariers
Author: George Alexander ElliottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Trade Barriers
Author: United States Tariff CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Tarief Procedures and Trade Barriers : a Study of Indirect Protecion in Canada and the United States
Author: Barriers to Trade Between Canada and the United States
Author: Francis MassonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Importing Into the United States
Author: U. S. Customs and Border ProtectionPublisher:
ISBN: 9781304100061
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explains process of importing goods into the U.S., including informed compliance, invoices, duty assessments, classification and value, marking requirements, etc.
U.S. Trade Barriers and Canadian Minerals
Author: David G. HaglundPublisher: Kingston, Ont. : Centre for Resource Studies, Queen's University
ISBN: 9780887571015
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Examines the evidence of a trend toward increasingly protectionist activity on the part of trade policy-makers in the United States. Discusses the history of trade legislation in the United States as a background for consideration of tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade between the United States and other countries. Analyses decisions involving U.S. imports of copper, potash and uranium in terms of their history, the structure and philosophy of the decision-making process, and their effects on Canadian-American trade in these commodities. Also examines the past and potential impacts of the Free Trade Agreement and the current round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on trade between Canada and the United States.