Where can I find objective information on the ramifications of protectionism?
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I checked out wickipedia and there is a discussion area on this topic.  here's the link:
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http://www.oecd.org/document/45/0,2340,en_2649_34339_26408557_1_1_1_1,00.html
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Here 'ya go:\nhttp://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/cabinet.asp?featureId=8\n\nHope that helps!
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Washington takes into account what is good for the country, I'm posting some facts here and as you can see, if we were to take harsh measures, many U.S. companies would suffer retaliation and there is a great economic factor that people fail to realize. There has to be more enforcement on illegal immigration but we can't make it a witch hunt without getting into a situation that will affect our economic interests abroad. \n\nLaboring in Mexican factories, they receive a little over $3.00 a day, not nearly enough to maintain an adequate living standard. This alone may not surprise people. What is surprising is that more likely than not, these workers are employed by United States' companies! U.S. and European corporations now have the permission and the technology to locate factories throughout the third world. There they do not have to abide by the wage, safety, or environmental standards that are in effect here. Consequently, people in Mexico and Central America are receiving slave wages to manufacture products such as clothing or automobiles that will be profitably sold in the U.S.\n\nA critic might respond, "True, U.S. companies do pay low wages in Latin American nations. But if those companies were not there, the people would have no jobs, no wages. Therefore, those people should be grateful to have the opportunity to make at least some money." This argument sounds persuasive, but is born from ignorance of the history and extent of U.S. involvement in Latin America. As we shall see, the location of U.S. factories there is only the tip of the iceberg. The story of United States' engagement in Latin America is a long and complicated one.\n\nUntil the 1930s, the Latin American economy was based primarily on exporting raw materials to the industrial nations. But in 1929 the stock market crashed, and the ensuing depression spread to Latin America, which no longer had a strong market for its products. Many Latin American governments therefore embarked on a new economic course, one which seemed the most sensible at the time. Because exportation had proven too fraught with danger, these governments tried to achieve self-sufficiency under an economic plan called import substitution. This involved a state-led effort at economic growth, comprising nationalization of industries, tariffs to protect domestic products, and government investment in infrastructure (Green, Duncan. Silent Revolution: The Rise of Market Economics in Latin America. London: Casell, 1985. ps.15-17). By the 1960s, domestic industry supplied 95% of Mexico's consumer goods.\n\nThe decisive event leading to the current situation originated not in Latin America, however, but in the global community: the oil boom of the early 1970s. With so much new money pouring into the West, banks recklessly gave loans to third world nations, "believing,"in the words of Citicorp chairman Walter Wriston, that "'a country does not go bankrupt' as a private company could" (Green 21).\n\nLatin American nations gladly accepted these loans at good interest rates. Although their program of import substitution had prompted much development, it had also caused lasting inflation, inefficient business practices, and high unemployment. But the loans which seemed like a blessing quickly turned into a burden. At the end of the 1970s the U.S. raised interest rates from the traditional level of between 4 and 6% to over 20% ("Foreign Debt Tribunal - Verdict." Third World Resurgence 107 (July 1999) ps.19-21.) This forced Latin American nations to take out new loans just to pay the interest on the old ones. Something had to give, and in 1982 Mexico announced that it could no longer meet its debt repayments. Other nations followed suit.\n\nLatin America was now broken and vulnerable. Irrevocably in debt to the U.S. and Europe, it needed debt renegotiation and further loans. But with no bargaining power, it was forced to accept the ter
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The Ho-Chunk Nation,ho-chunknation.com I believe could help with those items. As far as exports. When I am looking to deal with other countries I personnally contact there embassy here in the US to get direct information on what I am looking for. They have proven to be responsive and helpful whenever I email them.
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try this http://www.doi.gov/
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check out here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_economy
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www.toboc.com\n\nthis is a good listing to start with and includes several countries.
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Try this site:\n\nIdealist.org\n\nAnd good luck!
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You weren't really specific with the question.\n\nThere are a site that talk about asset protection theory:\nhttp://www.assetprotectiontheory.com/\n\nIt deals with sheltering assets among other things.\n\nYou might also be talking about countries.  Sometimes, countries place tariffs on imports to make domestic goods more desirable.  This might lead to a better industry inside the countries and prevents foreign dumping.  There's more info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff
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Try these websites for information on globalization:\n\nhttp://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/globalization/\n\nhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/ib/2000/041200.htm\n\nCovering a wide range of distinct political, economic, and cultural trends, the term “globalization” has quickly become one of the most fashionable buzzwords of contemporary political and academic debate. In popular discourse, globalization often functions as little more than a synonym for one or more of the following phenomena: the pursuit of classical liberal (or “free market”) policies in the world economy (“economic liberalization”), the growing dominance of western (or even American) forms of political, economic, and cultural life (“westernization” or “Americanization”), the proliferation of new information technologies (the “Internet Revolution”), as well as the notion that humanity stands at the threshold of realizing one single unified community in which major sources of social conflict have vanished (“global integration”).\n\nhttp://plato.stanford.edu/entries/globalization/
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Try cia.gov I did a whole economics report off of this website.  It gives the economic breakdown of each country and is very complete.  Good luck!
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I think that you can find most of that at http://www.nationmaster.com/. I use it when I need economic and energy statistics by country. I wish you luck finding your data!
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Here's some links that should help you out.  They're pretty good sources.
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In addition to the official IFA site, http://en.wikipedia.org is a good source of information.
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This site has useful information.\nhttp://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/publications/atlas/atlas_html/foreword/internationalAgreements.html
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The most comprehensive economics resource that I know of is The Mises Institute:\n\nhttp://www.Mises.org