Government-led export promotion in light of distributional fairness in the global trading system

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Abstract

Since developing countries were relatively free from the trade regulations relating to export promotion policies until 1994, the northeast Asian dynamic economies could pursue export promotion policies aggressively during the period of rapid economic growth. Under the current World Trade Organization (WTO) system, there are restrictions or even prohibitions on the developing countries' use of export promotion policies. One may doubt the fairness of the current WTO system, which regulates the use of export promotion policies regardless of different economic development levels. The current paper suggests various ways of allowing developing countries to develop their production capacities and exports of manufactured products. It also provides suggestions on modifying the current WTO regulations in favor of the export promotion policies of developing countries. Such special treatment of developing countries could be justified from the viewpoint of distributional fairness applied to international trade relations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)877-894
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Economic Issues
Volume44
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2010

Keywords

  • distributional fairness
  • export promotion
  • international trade

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