How to Promote Foreign Trade

F. W. Taussig

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1918, vol. 32, issue 3, 417-445

Abstract: I. Popular misconceptions concerning foreign trade, 417. — The balance of trade, in general and between particular countries, 419. — Disturbances in trade balances due to the war, 422. — The effectiveness of industry the source and the test of advantage in foreign trade, 425. — II. Four dubious devices for promoting foreign trade: Export bounties, 427. — Reduced transportation rates for export business, 429. — Reduced prices of goods for export, 431. — Discriminating duties in foreign countries in favor of American goods, 435. — III. International relations and American trade policy, 442. — Conclusion, 443.

Date: 1918
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