CORONAVIRUS AS AN INDICATOR OF THE IMMIGRATION POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES
https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2020-2-33-46
Abstract
The article analyzes the achievements and problems, which US President Donald Trump encountered during the implementation of his election program to transform the country. Author consider these subjects in the broad context of the transformation of the modern world order and the change in the narratives of global geopolitics. The author emphasizes that the United States is committed to the re-industrialization and nationalization of the American economy in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and the general global uncertainty of the prospects for world development. Main components of such politics are the struggle for jobs for Americans and competition for highly skilled labor in the global labor market. The main topic of research is focused on migration policy is an essential component of the overall reform plan. Taking into account that until recently the USA was the largest economy in the world, the author concludes that the US migration policy has a multifaceted global impact on the international labor market, since the USA is the main importer of labor. The main factors that have a decisive influence on the effectiveness of the implementation of the declared course are the features of the functioning of the American labor market (including the high cost of local labor and the lack of qualified personnel in a number of sectors of the American economy). Analyzing the effect of these factors, the author notes their contradictory effect on the country's economy and concludes that the measures taken are insufficient due to the situation of tough confrontation between the main political forces in modern America. The author claims that the growing global competition for highly qualified personnel will remain one of the main trends of the upcoming era. The aim of the work is conceptualization of approaches to the study of migration processes in the conditions of the technological transformation of the modern world and the interpretation of international experience in the reform of migration policies.
Keywords
international migration,
coronavirus,
D. Trump's migration policy,
labor market,
post-industrial labor market
Supporting agencies: The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 20-014-00001 А « Global and Regional Effects of US Economic Policy in the second – the beginning of the third decade of the XXI century: New Challenges and Chances for Russia».
About the Author
E. S. Sadovaya
Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena S. Sadovaya, PhD, Head of Department of Integrated Socio-Economic Research of IMEMO RAS
23 Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation
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Sadovaya E.S. CORONAVIRUS AS AN INDICATOR OF THE IMMIGRATION POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES. International Trade and Trade Policy. 2020;(2):33-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2410-7395-2020-2-33-46
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