dc.description.abstract | After Second World War,from 1947 to 1973 was so impressive that the period has been referred to as the Golden Age, therefore regarding postwar whether promptly take the
gold age train is affects the performance of state economic development.The literature thought that Taiwan started the foreign exchange liberalization from 1958, therefore,before this as if has the strict foreign exchange and trade control,from the angle of the Golden
Age, we can find this section of controls should have the important influence at that time to Taiwan. This paper was to discuss the controlled situation at that time,evolution and the formation of these policy factors.
Three main research strategy of this article is: first, the emphasis from the global politics,economic environment to understood the situation of policy making in postwar Taiwan;second,discussed postwar Taiwan’s special political background,some examplesof the Kuomintang and Communist Parties civil war, the thought during the Japanese Occupation and the US military and economic assistance to Taiwan,we can find that the special political background whether has the influence in the policy forming process;third,we may use the firsthand information, in particular the Legislative Yuan bulletin to find motive of the policy making.We can also use industry and commerce association,trade business regarding Legislative Yuan petition document to looked at that time the foreign exchange control policy was good ?
This article try to show that in the Gold Age Period regarding the capitalism world which leads by US, trade liberalization is the trends in the world tendency. But Taiwan started to impel the trade liberalization in 1958, started to be engaged in the foreign exchange reform, although period is later, but still had catches up with the footsteps of the world trade liberalization, this was quite easily understood by the populace. Opposite, trade
and foreign exchange control before 1958 was not accord with the world trade liberalization,why the trade and the foreign exchange control can form? This is worth for us
discussing further.
We use the content of postwar Taiwan’s trade and foreign exchange control policy,we may know because the shortage of foreign exchange in postwar Taiwan, the postwar
government adopts the policy mainly is: first,hoped to save the foreign exchange by limit the import;second, strengthens the product exportation, hoped can earn the foreign exchange.
To sum up this article, we may find several factors which can influence policies form,including: Taiwan’s special political background ; serious inflation experience in Mainland China period; international situation influence, for example, in cold war period,the US in order to surround the communist party which makes economy and political policy;and the US military and economic assistance to Taiwan.
And this article also discuss the trade and the foreign exchange reform policy. After passes through period of time of the trade and the foreign exchange controls, the artificial control destroyed the price mechanism, it is disadvantageous to the long term economic development, therefore implemented the trade and the foreign exchange reform in 1958.This article will point out, the formation of the trade and the foreign exchange reform process
and what is the effort of the trade and the foreign exchange reform? Including: Taiwan’’s economic structure significant transformation and Taiwan’’s massive exportation
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