The Impact of Special Interests on Preferential Tariff Concessions by the United States
实证分析了1975年普惠制和1983年加勒比盆地倡议对美国从目标地区进口制成品模式的影响，发现现有优惠协议未能抵消美国对发展中国家竞争性出口的保护偏见。
This paper provides empirical evidence on the rela- tive impact of the generalized system of preferences, GSP, adopted in 1975 and the Caribbean Basin Initiative, CBI, adopted in 1983 on the pattern of U.S. imports of manufac- tured goods from the target areas at the four-digit level in 1984. Imports from Brazil, Mexico, South America, the Carib- bean Basin, and from all eligible countries are each analyzed. We provide evidence that existing preferential agreements have failed to offset the bias in U.S. protection against competitive exports from developing countries. We also explain why one might have predicted such an outcome.