Gaining with Trade?


 

Publication Date: March 2001

Publisher: Center for Economic and Policy Research

Author(s): Dean Baker

Research Area: Economics

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.