Däckstrafftullar utvärderat

Jag skrev tidigare om USA:s strafftull på kinesiska däck, och åtgärden har nu utvärderats - från Peterson Institute for International Economics:

According to our calculations, explained in this policy brief, the total cost to American consumers from higher prices resulting from safeguard tariffs on Chinese tires was around $1.1 billion in 2011. The cost per job saved (a maximum of 1,200 jobs by our calculations) was at least $900,000 in that year. Only a very small fraction of this bloated figure reached the pockets of tire workers. Instead, most of the money landed in the coffers of tire companies, mainly abroad but also at home.

Det bör även noteras att trafiksäkerhetsaspekten av att fördyra däckbyten helt saknas i deras analys.

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- Däckster