Using applied general equilibrium methods to analyze recent debates about the conduct of us foreign trade policy de melo and tarr show that in terms of costs to the economy and to consumers nontariff barriers in textiles automobiles and steel have more than reversed the benefits of cumulative tariff liberalization achieved in successive postwar gatt rounds. A general equilibrium analysis of us foreign trade policy jaime de melo david g tarr david w tarr jaime professor de melo university of geneva switzerland melo google books using. 1 recent issues in us foreign trade policy 1 11 policy issues 3 12 why a general equilibrium model 6 13 previous studies of the cost of protection 7 14 plan of the book 10 2 trade policy analysis in a one sector general equilibrium model with product differentiation 15 o 21 product differentiation and specialization 16. A general equilibrium analysis of us foreign trade policy bibliographic details main author de melo jaime import quotas united states econometric models foreign trade and employment united states econometric models does fiscal policy matter for the trade account a panel cointegration study by