The most striking indicators of continuing American influence, if not power, in the world economy are quite unconventional.
Elites everywhere want to send their children to American universities; few want to go for an MBA to TOKYO University or Moscow University.
People risk death on the high seas to get into this country; farm laborers and Nobel Prize winners alike want to move to the United States.
Five major types of trade obstacles inhibit imports into the United States
1. Buy-American statutes, which give preference in government procurement to domestic producers
2. The Jones Act, which prohibits foreign ships from engaging in waterborne commerce between U.S. ports
3. Statutes that limit the timport of specific agricultural and manufactured products
4. Selective high triffs on specific items
5. Regulatory barriers aimed at protecting domestic producers
source: Business and Government in the Global Marketplace (7 edition, Murray L. Weidenbaum)
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