5. In addition to the production and consumption side deadweight losses, what are some of the other potential costs of tariffs? The Ulumuoy Pound of the GATT began a process of phasing out the use of voluntary export restraints. Why
5. In addition to the production and consumption side deadweight losses, what are some of the other potential costs of tariffs? The Ulumuoy Pound of the GATT began a process of phasing out the use of voluntary export restraints. Why
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Transcribed Image Text:5. In addition to the production and consumption side deadweight losses, what are some of the other potential
costs of tariffs?
6. The Uruguay Round of the GATT began a process of phasing out the use of voluntary export restraints. Why
did they come into widespread use in the 1980s? For example, given that VERS are a form of quotas, and that:
they create quota rents and a larger reduction in national welfare than tariffs, why did nations use them
instead of tariffs?
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