1. A second method of promoting the interests of domestic producers is by permitting them to enter into collaborations of various kinds. 2. Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods and it forces domestic producers to be more efficient than otherwise. 3. There are three ways in which competition policy might be used to promote the interests of domestic producers. 4. The high taxes on imported goods are intended to protect domestic producers. 5. More trade and investment flows, based on the tendency towards an equalization of productivity levels, must have decreased the extent of monopoly power exercised by domestic producers. 6. And with the Commerce Department acting as judge and jury in antidumping cases, domestic producers can count on a friend in high places. 7. Besides, each domestic producer wanted to have steel products ready for when the strike ended. 8. Beyond the trading by domestic producers, Cappon said the Brazilian exchange might see trading by futures funds, too. 9. A growing number of states have become very active in gathering intelligence on specific industries or even companies and sharing it with domestic producers. 10. A higher Australian dollar has also hurt domestic producers as they sell most of their output in U.S. dollars. |