A. decrease the level of national security
B. provide benefits to some particular industry
C. provide benefits to the entire nation
D. not yield welfare losses for the nation
Related Mcqs:
- In the Px = export price index, Pm = import price index, Qx = export quantity index,and Qm = import quantity index. Developing countries tend to maintain that their commodity term of trade have declined over the long run suggesting that _________ has declined?
A. Px/Pm
B. Pm/Px
C. (Pm/Px)Qm
D. (Px/Pm)Qx - ________ are profits that accrue to whomever has the right to import the good that is restricted by the quota?
A. quota license
B. quota rents
C. quota prices
D. None of the above - Similar to import tariffs import quotas tend to result in ?
A. higher prices and reduced imports
B. increased government revenue
C. increased consumer surplus
D. decrease producer surplus - When free trade areas are set up the member countries trade with each other grows faster than their trade with other countries This is due to what economist call ?
A. trade diversion
B. trade channeling
C. trade creation and trade diversion
D. trade creation - Import substitution is the replacement of ____ by domestic production _____ protection of ________?
A. exports, subsidies
B. exports, patents
C. imports, high tariffs or import quotas
D. imports, subsidies - According to the _____ argument for protection, tariffs can shield new industries from import competition until they have grown strong and efficient enough to withstand the competition by foreign producers ?
A. scientific tariff argument
B. infant industry argument
C. beggar they neighbor argument
D. foreign dumping argument - David Ricardo’s theory in favor of free trade uses the ideal of ?
A. absolute advantage
B. mutual advantage
C. multilateral advantage
D. comparative advantage - ________ is said to exist when the formation of a regional trading group leads to the reduction of trade with nonmember countries in favor of member countries ?
A. trade creation
B. trade diversion
C. trade exclusion
D. trade distortion - ________ protection such as the escape clause, provide temporary protection to domestic industries facing competition from fairly traded foreign goods?
A. generalized system of preference
B. countervailing duty
C. domestic content
D. safeguards - In free trade A will import ?
A. 700 units from country C
B. 700 units from country C and 600 units from country B
C. 600 units from country C
D. 600 units from country C and 400 units from country B
