Freeing the Global Market
Report from Renewing America
Report from Renewing America

Freeing the Global Market

How to Boost the Economy by Curbing Regulatory Distortions

Report by Shanker A. Singham

October 2012 , 20 Pages

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One of the most worrisome trends in international trade is the growing use of government-imposed anticompetitive market distortions (ACMDs) in advanced developing countries. The distortions harm some of the most valuable U.S. export interests and the welfare of consumers in the countries where they exist. Shanker Singham details the scale of the ACMD problem and a strategy for the United States to combat them.

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See CFR Senior Fellow and Renewing America Director Edward Alden's accompanying blog post here.

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