can countries. Whether Nigerian cocoa beans can compete with Latin American beans in the context of costs is a question which must be assessed by the proposed research.
The United States operates with a complex set of laws and regulations governing imports into the country (Folsom, Gordon, and Spanogle, 1990). A superficial review of the literature 3disclosed no significant American legal barriers to Nigerian imports; however, neither did it reveal any special incentives to encourage greater levels of Nigerian imports. Trade Repre sentative Carla Hills announced that the Bush Administration is drawing up a "hit list" of America's international trade part ners (Murray, and Truell, 1989, A1). As representative of the Bush Administration, Ms Hills emphasized that the American desire is simply to assure that international trade is both "free" and "fair" (Murray, and Truell, 1989, A1). Further, the Bush Administration, according to Ms Hills, intends to retali ate against those countries which it determines are acting unfairly towards American products.
Ms Hills acknowledged that the "large and persistent trade deficit is creating mounting pressure for some kind o
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