import-competing

Exchange rate protectionism, by contrast, protects all import-competing industries, across the board, whether they deserve protection or not.

Edward Harrison: What About China's Exchange-Rate Protectionism? 2009

One might guess, for instance, that on average women tend to have less education than men, and lower levels of skills, or that they tend to be over-represented in terms of their employment in import-competing industries e.g., the textiles and apparel industries.

The Gender Gap of Economics, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

A shrinkage in export and import-competing manufacturing.

Matthew Yglesias » Inequality and the China Trade 2007

[W] here will the capacity for a surge in exports and import-competing production come from?

Krugman renounces free trade, neoliberal economics and financialization 2008

[W] here will the capacity for a surge in exports and import-competing production come from?

Krugman renounces free trade, neoliberal economics and financialization 2008

On his first point, there is no theorem that guarantees that the partial-equilibrium losses to import-competing producers “are more than offset by gains to consumers from lower prices.”

The Debate Over the Effects of Free Trade Heats Up 2007

On his first point, there is no theorem that guarantees that the partial-equilibrium losses to import-competing producers “are more than offset by gains to consumers from lower prices.”

The Debate Over the Effects of Free Trade Heats Up 2007

After all, if you believe higher prices for your industries are good for all kind of dynamic and political effects, why not apply the same reasoning to your import-competing industries as well - especially if they are the only industries you have your exports being dominated by traditional commodities.

David Altig on the Efficiency Gains from Free Trade and Kash on the Distributional Aspects 2007

And if your goal is to shift domestic resources toward the manufacture of import-competing goods, the weak dollar also helps.

November 2003 ~ Angry Bear 2003

And if your goal is to shift domestic resources toward the manufacture of import-competing goods, the weak dollar also helps.

November 2003 ~ Angry Bear 2003