Trading barriers : immigration and the remaking of globalization / Margaret E. Peters.

Trading barriers : immigration and the remaking of globalization / Margaret E. Peters.

9780691174471 hardcover ; acid-free paper
0691174474 hardcover ; acid-free paper
9780691174488 paperback ; acid-free paper
0691174482 paperback ; acid-free paper

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]

English

xv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

40027275937
99972637237

325.1 P485t 2017

(OCoLC)956633789
(OCoLC)956633789

Why have countries increasingly restricted immigration even when they have opened their markets to foreign competition through trade or allowed their firms to move jobs overseas? In Trading Barriers, Margaret Peters argues that the increased ability of firms to produce anywhere in the world combined with growing international competition due to lowered trade barriers has led to greater limits on immigration. Peters explains that businesses relying on low-skill labor have been the major proponents of greater openness to immigrants. Immigration helps lower costs, making these businesses more competitive at home and abroad. However, increased international competition, due to lower trade barriers and greater economic development in the developing world, has led many businesses in wealthy countries to close or move overseas. Productivity increases have allowed those firms that have chosen to remain behind to do more with fewer workers. Together, these changes in the international economy have sapped the crucial business support necessary for more open immigration policies at home, empowered anti-immigrant groups, and spurred greater controls on migration. Debunking the commonly held belief that domestic social concerns are the deciding factor in determining immigration policy, Trading Barriers demonstrates the important and influential role played by international trade and capital movements. -- from back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.

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