Policy Research J WORKING PAPERS intemnatlonal Trade Intemational Economics Department The WorldBank September 1993 WPS 1174 Asian Trade Barriers Against Primary and Processed Commodities Raed Safadi and Alexander Yeats Tariff escalation to protect domesdc industriesagainst more efficient producers is not limited to industrialcountries. Protec- tion of domestic industries is alsocommon in Asian developing countriesand in intra-Asian trade. PwlicyRowinaWogPapwdi netobtfinf npofw a andpeowagetfeexchangcnfideunamgBa ffand adobbaundi_eboWaddBTmepatsepmsboa dbythoRmearMviyStffycutfenamaofU hoisefelct set b.adbhdtothsWodd Ban. i.Board ifDiwcu,iwmangni.oruay of hsmcmbrcouitri Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized