Re: FDI in U.S. (fwd)

1997-10-29 Thread Sid Shniad
> Hi Sid; > > The paper in question is called: > > "Going South: Cheap Labour as an Unfair Subsidy in North American Free > Trade", by jim Stanford (Ottawa: Canadian Centre for POlicy Alternatives, > 1991, 52 pp. > > I can send a copy to whoever is interested. > > All the best, > JS

Re: FDI in U.S. (fwd)

1997-10-28 Thread Sid Shniad
> Sid: If you haven't given this citation to Gulick yet, I recall that Jim > Stanford had a very good paper on US low wages (etc) as an unfair trade > practice, which is highly relevant to the theme Gulick wants to pursue. > Stanford would also probably have more substantive materials on the > sub

FDI in U.S.

1997-10-27 Thread Rakesh Bhandari
How to explain FDI in the US? Higher rates of exploitation? Supersized market which more than compensates for relatively slower growth rates? Circumvention of explicit and hidden protectionism: voluntary export restraints, trigger price mechanisms and targeted trade practices--all devious protecti

Re: FDI in U.S.

1997-10-27 Thread William S. Lear
On Mon, October 27, 1997 at 16:58:54 (+) john gulick writes: >As many learned observers on this list have noted, U.S. government >officials in the last few years have come to tout gov't >deregulation/labor flexibility as the reason why capitalism >Anglo-American style has outperformed capitali

FDI in U.S.

1997-10-27 Thread john gulick
Pen-L'ers, As many learned observers on this list have noted, U.S. government officials in the last few years have come to tout gov't deregulation/labor flexibility as the reason why capitalism Anglo-American style has outperformed capitalism continental European style in recent years (performanc