Visa denied
Subtitle: how anti-Arab visa policies destroy US exports, jobs and higher education
By: Grant F. Smith ; special regional research by Tanya Cariina Hsu.
Contributors: Hsu, Tanya C.
Publisher: Institute for Research, Middle Eastern Policy
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780976443766
Subjects: Exchange of persons programs -- Government policy -- United States.; Cultural relations -- Government policy -- United States.; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- Arab countries.; Arab countries -- Foreign economic relations -- United States.; Arab countries -- Relations -- United States.; United States -- Relations -- Arab countries.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Executive summary; value: Free travel and free trade: the US national interest; value: The trade consequences of US visa barriers; value: Affected industries; value: Key US state stakeholders; value: Turning away the world's highest-spending tourists; value: Cutting America's link to tomorrow's leaders; value: Fixing the Fulbright; value: Country-level damage assessment; value: United Arab Emirates; value: The Dubai ports world debacle; value: Politics vs. national security concerns; value: DPW analysis and lessons learned; value: Saudi Arabia; value: A year of missed opportunities; value: Egypt; value: Kuwait; value: Algeria; value: Qatar; value: Iraq; value: Conclusions: restoring visitors and trade; value: Appendix - Opportunity cost methodology; value: Travel and tourism; value: Arab students; value: Arab market imports from the US; value: Direct and indirect manufacturing-related US job creation.