The united states trade barriers to imported vietnamese seafood and solutions to overwhelm

1870 I,V.ThS DHKTQD - I-.* o o MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY DAI HOC KTQD TRUNG TAM THONG TIN THU VIEW TRINH THI THANH TAM THE UNITED STATES’ TRADE BARRIERS TO IMPORTED VIETNAMESE SEAFOOD AND SOLUTIONS TO OVERWHELM Speciality: Commerce Economics MASTER DISSERTATION SUPERVISOR: DR.TRAN VAN HOE DAI HOC KTQD TRUNGTAjSHS THONG TIN THU VIEN Hanoi, 2006 Acknowledgement I would like to particular thanks my supervisor, Dr.Tran Van Hoe, Hhu, of International Trade, National Economics University for commitment and wining to provide precious ideas and materials to my thesis I am grateful to ProETran Van Chu, Dean of Trade Faculty and Dr.Vu Quang Anh, Vice Dean of Trade Faculty, Hanoi University of Business and Management for creating favorable conditions through my years of study at the National Economics University and fulfillment of this work I appreciate for precious helps of teachers and staffs of the Trade Faculty and the Department of Under Graduate and Graduate Management, the National Economics University as well as my friends when I was studying and conducting this thesis Above all, I owe a dept of gratitude to my family members, especially my parents, for their love, invaluable assistance and encouragement while I was conducting this work Every part of this work is dedicated to them TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement Abbreviations Tables Figures Page Introduction Chapter 1- Overview of the US’ trade barriers to imported seafood 1.1 Trade barriers in international trade 1.1.1 Concept of trade barrier 1.1.2 Types of trade barriers in international trade 1.2 Overview of the US’ trade barrierr afff eting seafood i nmortition 1.2.1 Tariff barriers 2.1.1 Applied Tariff Barriers 2.1 Tariff Quota 2.1 Antidumping and countervailing duties 2.2 Nod-tafifObafriers 2.1 Quantitative barriers 2.2.1 Technical barriers Chapter 2- Practices and effects of the US’ trade barriers to eafOffe imported from Vietnam Sitsatian of Vietnam’s seafood exportonm tn toe heS 1.1 The US saf0ddd importation 2.1.2 Vietnam’s seafood exportation to the US 2.2 Ann’ysis oO prrfticer aad thh efOfatt oO tt^h US’ trrdd bamerr on seafood imported from Vietnam in the past few years 2.2 Tariff barriers 2.2 1 Applled tariS0 2.2 1.2 Antidumping duty 2.2.2 Non-tadfObarriers 2.2.2 Regulation n0bnge deposit 2.2.2.2 Technical barriers 2.3 OVstectcs to VieSatnd’s seafood exJOorters m overcoming the US’ trade barriers to imported seafood Chapter 3- Measures to cope with the US’ trade barriers to safOfnd imported from Vietnam 3.1 Forefrrt on ngopensity for ustus; ti^a^d^r^ bera'der^s to i^nlpmOf