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Scenario: Konesia Joins the World Konesia,a former totalitarian economy and pariah state,is taking steps toward a free market economy.The government wants to encourage trade but also wants to find a balance so that local businesses and industries are not harmed. -If Konesia chooses to levy tariffs as a percentage of the stated price of an imported product,this would be an example of a(n) ________.


A) compound tariff
B) specific tariff
C) ad valorem tariff
D) tariff-quota

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Explain why job protection is a political motive for governments to restrict free trade.Why might a government interested in job protection insist on local content requirements for international firms doing business in that country?

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Consumers are benefitted when a government imposes import quotas on products.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements is true of embargoes?


A) An embargo may be placed on one or a few goods or may completely ban trade in all goods.
B) An embargo is the least restrictive nontariff barrier available.
C) An embargo is usually employed for economic reasons.
D) Embargoes are used frequently today because they are easy to implement.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following will add to the cost of an imported product by levying an additional tax upon it?


A) tariffs
B) quotas
C) local content requirements
D) embargoes

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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The World Trade Organization can punish a country in which a company accused of dumping is based.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is prompting farmers in many developed nations to discover new ways to manage risk and increase agricultural efficiency?


A) enforcement of trade embargoes and tariffs
B) exposure of agribusiness to market forces
C) provision of extensive government subsidies
D) designation of agricultural products as dual use products

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Unwanted cultural influence in a nation can cause governments to block imports that it believes are harmful.

A) True
B) False

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The ________ altered the U.S.trade policy from a stance of free trade to one of protectionism in the 1930s.


A) Norris-LaGuardia Act
B) Smoot-Hawley Act
C) Wheeler-Lea Act
D) Taft-Hartley Act

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Scenario: Not-So-Free Freeland Freeland is a semi-closed economy whose government believes in protecting national identity and building a self-sustained economy.The government's priority is to protect local jobs and provide opportunities to Freeland's emerging industries to flourish without the threat of external competition. -The belief that Freeland's emerging industries need protection from international competition during their development phase is an example of ________.


A) a local content requirement
B) a normal trade relation
C) the infant industry argument
D) the political motive of Freeland

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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A restriction on the amount of a good that can enter or leave a country during a certain period of time is called a(n) ________.


A) administrative delay
B) local content requirement
C) quota
D) tariff

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following do products designated as dual use require before exports can take place?


A) currency controls
B) countervailing duties
C) special government approval
D) local content requirements

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Country A implements a ban on trade in two products with Country B.This is an example of a(n) ________.


A) embargo
B) tariff-quota
C) tariff
D) voluntary export restraint

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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The purpose of ________ is to force companies from other nations to use local resources in their production processes,particularly labor.


A) administrative delays
B) currency controls
C) local content requirements
D) voluntary export restraints

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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A tariff levied by the government of a country that a product is passing through on its way to a final destination is called a ________ tariff.


A) transit
B) compound
C) export
D) specific

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Scenario: Not-So-Free Freeland Freeland is a semi-closed economy whose government believes in protecting national identity and building a self-sustained economy.The government's priority is to protect local jobs and provide opportunities to Freeland's emerging industries to flourish without the threat of external competition. -Which of the following motives illustrates Freeland's efforts to protect local jobs?


A) political motive
B) economic motive
C) cultural motive
D) social motive

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Scenario: Not-So-Free Freeland Freeland is a semi-closed economy whose government believes in protecting national identity and building a self-sustained economy.The government's priority is to protect local jobs and provide opportunities to Freeland's emerging industries to flourish without the threat of external competition. -Freeland's protection of its national identity is an example of a(n) ________.


A) political motive
B) economic motive
C) cultural motive
D) social motive

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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When one World Trade Organization member files a complaint against another,decisions are to be rendered in less than one year.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is true of quotas?


A) They are the most common type of trade barrier.
B) They help domestic producers maintain their market shares and prices.
C) Their licenses are granted by governments to other nation companies on a five-year basis.
D) They lead to a decrease in the prices of intermediate goods.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Restrictions on the convertibility of a currency into other currencies are referred to as ________.


A) administrative delays
B) currency crisis
C) local content requirements
D) currency controls

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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