[lbo-talk] Japan industrial development and tariffs

[michael perelman]

The article is correct.  Chang's Bad Samaritans gives a nice survey of
the idea.  Japan was particularly adept at creating regulations that
potential exporters could not meet.  Some products were virtually
banned.  California rice producers used to rail at Japan for that
reason.

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 7:11 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:10 PM, michael perelman
> <michael.perelman3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Judging by business complaints, tariffs have not been as effective as
>> regulation in protecting Japan from foreign competition.
>
> Michael,
>
> Can you be a bit more broad?. ;)
>
> I read an article claiming today´s developed countries became
> industrial powerhouses by protecting their local markets, and Japan
> was cited as an example. I´d like to know if that was true... ie if
> Japan had barriers (tariffs or other) against the import of industrial
> products, to boost local manufacturing. The author claimed Japanese
> industrial products didn´t became competitive overnight, but became so
> only after heavy protectionism which allowed it to develop its
> industry.
>
> FC
>
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