On 14 mars 11, at 11:23, michael perelman wrote:
> 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.
That's also the subject of the current TPP negotiations.
Jean-Christophe
>
> 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.
>>
>> F