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- Protecting Free Trade: The Hong Kong Paradox 1947?7
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
Protecting Free Trade is the story of a paradox that both limited and stimulated Hong Kong’s post-war economy. In order to preserve its access to open markets, Hong Kong was obligated by international agreements to accept restraints on its exports; and in order to sustain growth, Hong Kong had to subject its largest industry — textiles — to a massive network of restrictions. Protecting Free Trade examines how Hong Kong handled, by negotiation, attempts by developed economies to limit international trade through protective measures. The central argument is that, far from stifling Hong Kong’s industry, restrictive international trade agreements became a stimulus for economic success by creating a sellers’ market in which Hong Kong was the dominant supplier. The book is also a personal memoir by someone who was deeply involved in policy formulation.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. vii-ix
- Part One: Five Pieces of Paper
- Chapter One: Early Problems
- pp. 5-13
- Part Two: The Emerging Paradox and Some Other Diversions
- Chapter Eight: Making It Work
- pp. 87-98
- Chapter Nine: Quota Transfers
- pp. 99-104
- Chapter Eleven: David and the Two Goliaths
- pp. 119-131
- Chapter Twelve: The Four Faces of Hong Kong
- pp. 133-146
- Chapter Fourteen: The Tussle with TOGA
- pp. 165-173
Additional Information
ISBN
9789882208995
Related ISBN(s)
9789888083985
MARC Record
OCLC
782879927
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-08
Language
English
Open Access
No