by restricting imports or we gain friends abroad and lose some
at home (but gain among potential exporters) by eliminating
trade barriers.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
Expanding World Trade: United States Policy and Program, United
States Department of State publication 4032, Commercial Policy
Series 133, Division of Publications, Office of Public Affairs, Wash-
ington, January 1951. A nine-page summary of world economic
conditions and international trade policies followed by the United
States since World War I. Includes a very brief summary of the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program, the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and the Point Four Program.
American Agriculture and World Trade, United States Department of
State Publication 4252, Commercial Policy Series 137, Division of
Publications, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, September 1951.
A statement on the farmer’s stake in world trade, international trade
barriers, and a brief comment on agriculture and the trade agree-
ments act
Agriculture’s Stake in Foreign Markets, Agriculture Information Bulletin
No. 51, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, May
1951. Statistical information and comments on historical changes
in the volume of agricultural exports and the importance of such
exports to producers of various types of products.
Lawrence W. Witt, Agriculture, Trade and Reciprocal Trade Agree-
ments, Technical Bulletin 220, Michigan State College, Department
of Agricultural Economics, East Lansing, Michigan, June 1950.
More detailed information on: the pattern of United States foreign
trade; tariff rates, quotas on agricultural products, and other import
controls; and the effects of reciprocal trade agreements on United
States tariff rates and the volume of imports and exports.
Murray R. Benedict, How Much Tariff Protection for Farm Products?
University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1945. A dis-
cussion of the importance of international trade to farmers and
the effects on farmers and other groups of reductions in trade
barriers.
Frank D. Graham, Protective Tariffs, Princeton University Press, Prince-
ton, New Jersey, 1942. A short, non-technical book presenting the
arguments for and against protective tariffs.
D. Gale Johnson, Trade and Agriculture: A Study of Inconsistent
Policies, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1950. This book dis-
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