On 6/28/07, Gerhard Fiedler <lists@connectionbrazil.com> wrote:
> > I think that is why US government has to protect the competitiveness of
> > the hi-tech industry (Apple is one of them).
>
> But I think that hi-tech, other than e.g. steel, can't be protected by
> barriers. It only gets protected by an innovative market.
>

Actually what I said is "to protect the competitiveness" and not
"protect by barriers".

To protect the competitiveness of the hi-tech industry or other industries
that US excels (eg: Financial service), the government can use many ways.
One is to pressure other countries to open the market. The other is to
set up or raise the standard to create an high entry barrier. H1 may be
another method.

It seems to me that the European countries are using non-tariff barriers
the most often by having so many EU directives.
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