Restrictions
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The so-called Section 301 trade investigation launched by Trump’s administration last year accused China of acquiring foreign technologies using discriminatory licensing restrictions, unfair technology-transfer agreements, targeted outbound investment, unauthorized intrusions into US commercial computer networks, and cyber-enabled IP theft.
“The weight of the evidence,” the report concludes, shows that China uses foreign-ownership
restrictions
to force US companies to provide their technologies to Chinese entities.
The proposition that trade
restrictions
reduce economic welfare is certainly not generally valid, and it is violated when certain conditions – such as externalities or increasing returns to scale – are present.
It is therefore regrettable that the most likely outcome of the recent revelations will be greater
restrictions
to prevent further leaks.
In another measure intended to improve the lives of ordinary Cubans, he has removed
restrictions
on acquiring computers, microwave ovens, and other appliances.
In response, the federal government introduced new
restrictions
on margarine, covering everything from labeling (as with genetically modified foods today), the use of artificial coloring, and interstate movement.
Poland and other countries will accept
restrictions
on their citizens’ mobility only if offered additional structural funds and stronger security cooperation.
The government was forced to impose harsh capital controls, including
restrictions
on what citizens could spend abroad as tourists.
Others cite OPEC’s failure to agree on supply
restrictions.
Mainstream politicians, bowing to pressure from fear-mongering populists, are calling for tighter restrictions, and some countries are openly flouting their legal obligation and moral responsibility to provide protection to refugees fleeing conflict.
Using
restrictions
on cross-border trade or finance to uphold values and regulations at home must be distinguished from using them to impose these values and regulations on other countries.
Likewise, the spokesman of India’s foreign minister, Navtej Sarna, has said that his country would reject such mandatory
restrictions.
Iran, with its back to the wall as sanctions bite harder (especially the recent SWIFT and central bank restrictions, and Europe’s decision to stop importing Iranian oil), could react by increasing tensions in the Gulf.
For the last two decades, Russians have been able to travel internationally without
restrictions.
Another problem is that there are no
restrictions
on the sale of old equipment that runs only on the banned substances.
For this to pay off, however, host countries will first need to remove
restrictions
on refugees’ ability to work legally.
The World Trade Organization recently reported that in response to US tariffs, G20 countries have imposed around 40 new import restrictions, affecting $481 billion in global trade – a sixfold increase from the year before.
It is vital to remove non-tariff barriers, such as localized rules and
restrictions
not based on scientifically legitimate safety or health concerns, despite political pressure to maintain or tighten them.
Safety regulations and
restrictions
on foreign control of companies in sensitive industries are further points of contention.
We should be concerned about the efficiency losses in markets where
restrictions
stemming from economic nationalism have so far been imposed.
Loans from the China Development Bank carry higher interest rates than the West’s traditional lending mechanisms, but they also come with fewer
restrictions
on policy, and allowed Venezuela to escape the worst of the bondholders’ wrath – at least so far.
Migration quotas should be preferred to other types of
restrictions
on the ground that they allow at least a part of the potential welfare gains from migration to be realized.
While these transitional
restrictions
are put in place, reforms should be undertaken that address the underlying basis for the public's fear of migration.
But, while concern about terrorism is greater, and immigration
restrictions
are tighter, the hysteria of the early days after 9/11 has abated.
Introduced last year, the new legislative provisions lift
restrictions
on deploying Japanese forces overseas and expand the definition of self-defense to include aiding an ally.
With the ban on battery cages, Europe confirms its place as the world leader in animal welfare, a position also reflected in its
restrictions
on the use of animals to test cosmetics.
And, after six decades of meddling, EU policymakers should step back and consider which
restrictions
have become harmful or irrelevant, and how better to support the entrepreneurs and industries of the future.
Moreover, contributions paid in a worker’s country of origin are rarely verified, and there is a serious risk that some contractual restrictions, such as limits on working hours, will not be enforced when a worker is posted elsewhere.
A third alternative is democracy, but with secular
restrictions
on religious parties.
Likewise, an Islamic democracy with
restrictions
on non-religious parties would be a mockery of democracy and harmful to Islam.
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