Fear of Flying: Aviation Protectionism and Global Growth
β Scribed by Gerald L. Baliles
- Book ID
- 125221298
- Publisher
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 712 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0015-7120
- DOI
- 10.2307/20048027
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β¦ Synopsis
Reduction of trade barriers has led to global economic growth, but tight re strictions and regulations on how people and goods reach markets still hamper the expansion of international com merce. Nowhere are the obstacles greater than in the skies above. Forty percent of the world s trade, by value, now travels by air. Forty percent of those crossing na tional borders arrive by air, with the per centage much higher in advanced growth regions. International travel accounts for half of all revenue passenger miles. Over
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