Trade vs. national security

The following article analyzes some of the lessons for trade and national security policy presented by the recent trade petitions concerning the effects of imports on the national security. Two recent key Presidential decisions on petitions for restrictions on imports of ferroalloys and machine tools are discussed. This article first summarizes the NSC Stockpile/Industrial Mobilization Planning Study, which the President used to set goals for the nation's stock of critical and strategic materials, as well as to establish industrial mobilization requirements. The administration used this study to develop a general methodology for analyzing petitions for import restrictions on national security grounds. A detailed account of the critical events that led to the decisions to increase U.S. stockpiles of ferroalloys and negotiate a Voluntary Restraint Agreement (VRA) for machine tools is presented. Presidential decisionmaking in general is also discussed

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