Narrowing the Channel: The Politics of Regulatory Protection in International Trade

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Robert Gulotty

Narrowing the Channel

The Politics of Regulatory Protection in International Trade

Robert Gulotty

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University of Chicago Press
20 March 2020

Economics

Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions

While large, multinational corporations have supported the removal of tariffs, behind the scenes these firms have fought for protection in the form of product regulations, including testing, labeling, and registration requirements. Unlike tariffs, these regulations can raise fixed costs, excluding smaller firms from the market and shifting profits toward global giants.

Narrowing the Channel demonstrates that globalization and globalized firms can paradoxically hinder rather than foster economic cooperation as larger firms seek to protect their markets through often unnecessarily strict product regulations. To illustrate the problem of regulatory protectionism, Robert Gulotty offers an in-depth analysis of contemporary rulemaking in the United States and the European Union in the areas of health, safety, and environmental standards. He shows how large firms seek regulatory schemes that disproportionately disadvantage small firms. When multinationals are embedded in the local economy, governments too have an incentive to use these regulations to shift profits back home. Today, the key challenge to governing global trade is not how much trade occurs but who is allowed to participate, and this book shows that new rules will be needed to allow governments to widen the benefits of global commerce and avoid further inequality and market concentration.

By: Robert Gulotty
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780226669366
ISBN 10: 022666936X
Series: Chicago Series on International and Domestic Institutions
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 20 March 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Gulotty is assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago.

Reviews for Narrowing the Channel: The Politics of Regulatory Protection in International Trade

Gulotty adeptly combines a theory of regulatory protection with empirical evidence from various industries to make his case, and he concludes with implications for the future of the global trading regime. -- Choice Gulotty argues that globalization and globalized firms can paradoxically hinder rather than foster economic cooperation, as larger firms seek to protect their markets through strict product regulations. He illustrates the problem through an analysis of contemporary rulemaking in the United States and the European Union in the areas of health, safety, and environmental standards. -- Law and Social Inquiry Gulotty's study of the politics of regulatory protection is well-suited for a world where differences in productivity are captured in firm-level outcomes. -- World Trade Review