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NSIAD-85-121 1 (1985-09-26)

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BY THE US GENERAL ACCOUNT NG OFFICE

Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On

International Economic Policy,

Oceans And Environment

Senate Committee On Foreign Relations





Emerging Issues In Export Competition:

A Case Study Of The Brazilian Market



Concern over U.S. export competitiveness has
risen sharply in the changing world trade en-
vironment. Developing countries now play a
greater role in world trade, and the types of
barriers faced by U.S. exporters have shifted
from multilaterally negotiated tariffs to an
imaginative variety of import restrictions. The
lack of multilateral discipline covering these
practices has allowed greater latitude for
foreign competitors' varying trade techniques
to affect U.S. firms' trade competitiveness.

This report, focusing on Brazil, identifies four
restrictive trade practices that can affect export
competitiveness in a country experiencing for-
eign currency shortages and restricting im-
ports: (1) bilateral trade arrangements,
(2) countertrade, (3) export financing, and
(4) compliance with trade-related industrial
policy requirements. GAO believes that the
United States may have to develop case-by-
case approaches to maintain competitiveness
in areas where multilateral rules are not likely to
be established in the near future.


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                                                         SEPTEMBER 26, 1985

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