Trends in U.S. International Trade and Investment since World War II

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This paper presents and analyzes the data on the trends in United States international trade and investment since World War II. From this data we can perceive a shrinking United States fraction of manufacturing output and exports, a return to and strengthening of lines of comparative advantage, and balanced and rapid growth in long-term investment. We can also see increasing volatility of trade and long-term investment in the 1970s, along with a real depreciation of 25 percent in the weighted United States exchange rate.

Published:

• Branson, William H. "Trends in U.S. International Trade and Investment since World War II." The American Economy in Transition, edited by Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. ,
• Trends in United States International Trade and Investment since World War II, William H. Branson, Herbert Giersch, Peter G. Peterson, in The American Economy in Transition (1980), University of Chicago Press
  

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