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ABSTRACT
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS 15
INTRODUCTION 16
I. RESEARCH RATIONALE 16
II. OBJECTIVE OF STUDY 19
III. SCOPE OF STUDY 21
IV. METHODOLOGY 22
V. OUTLINE OF THE DISSERTATION 25
CHAPTER I. GENERAL ISSUES ONTRADE PROTECTIONISM 27
I. History of trade protectionism 27
II. Definition and Forms of trade protectionism 30
1. Definition 30
2. Forms of trade protectionism 30
III. The advantages and disadvantage of trade protectionism 33
1. The advantages of trade protectionism 33
2. The disadvantages of trade protectionism 36
IV. Conclusion 38
CHAPTER II. TRADE PROTECTIONISM AND COVID19 - THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE 40
I. Recent wave of Global Protectionism 40
1. Rising Protectionism Prior to Covid-19 40
2. Global Protectionism in the context of COVID-19 44
II. Potential Protectionist Measures Implememted by Major Countries 60
1. The United States 61
2. EU 62
3. Japan 64
4. Russia 64
5. India 65
III. Solutions 66
1. Legal frameworks for apply solution of protectionism 67
2. Solutions 69
IV. Conclusion 72
CHAPTER III. THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIONIST MEASURES IN VIETNAM 73
I. LEGISLATIONS RELATED TO PROTECTIONISM IN VIETNAM 73
1. Mandatory legal framework 73
2. Instruments used for protecting domestic market and policies implemented to overcome the export restriction 79
3. Conclusion 88
II. The curent economic circumstamces in Vietnam 89
1. Overview of economic in Vietnam 89
2. A summary of export in Vietnam 91
3. Evaluation 100
III. The application of protectionist measures in Vietnam 101
1. Overview of all protectionist measures in Viet Nam 101
2. Short analysis particular examples of protectionist measure in Vietnam 109
IV. The impact of trade protectionism in Vietnam 118
1. Trade protectionism effects on Vietnamese products and customers 118
2. Trade protectionism has caused Vietnam's exports to decrease or not increase as expected 119
3. The participation in resolving trade protection lawsuits increases the export costs of enterprises 120
4. Vietnam's export products are likely to be massively sued under a "domino effect" 122
5. Trade protectionism directly affects Vietnamese enterprises and businesses 123
V. Conclusion 126
CHAPTER IV. STRATEGIES AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ECONOMY RECOVERY IN VIETNAM 127
I. Solutions for Vietnam to confront with the trade protectionism 127
1. For Government 127
2. For Enterprises 146
3. For Associations 160
II. Assessing the impact of trade protectionism on Viet Nam afterwards 164
III. Conclusion 169
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION 171
REFERENCES 176
Figure 1. New trade measures announced 41
Figure 2. Categories of products was restricted due to COVID 19 48
Figure 3. The USA imposes the highest number of protectionist measures 62
Figure 4. Vietnam's export and import growth in the period 2011-2019 97
Figure 5. Top 10 main exporting markets of Vietnam in the first 8 months of 2019 98
Figure 6. Top 10 major exported commodities of Vietnam in August 2019 99