Sunday, June 22, 2008

Unit 3: Protectionism in the US steel pipe industry

The BBC reports the USA will impose tariffs on Chinese imports of steel pipes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7466798.stm

a) Why is the USA imposing the tariffs?
b) What effect will this have on US consumers of steel pipes?
c) What will determine whether the tariff will be sucessful or not?

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