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Gaining with Trade?
Publication Date: March 2001
Publisher(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Author(s): Dean Baker
Topic: Economics (Economic policy, planning, and development)
Keywords: Economic efficiency; Intellectual property; International monitoring
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This paper looks at what "free trade" means for the American economy. It points out that economists can show that trade will lead to gains in GDP, but these gains would appear quite small by almost any measure.