A. economic downturn and recession generally result in greater protectionism
B. because domestic consumers outnumber domestic producer’s policy markers usually enact Free-trade policies to satisfy the consumer majority:
C. When domestic exporting companies are organized, policy tends to favor freer trade
D. Policy tends to favor freer trade in countries whose imports are inputs into critical industries
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Concerning tariff policy, the United States does not charge?
A. lower tariff rates on goods from nations with normal trade relation status
B. lower tariff rates on goods from nations with most favored nation status
C. low or zero tariffs on goods from certain developing countries
D. identical tariff rates in products from all countries of the world - Concerning the hypothesis that there has occurred a long run deterioration in the developing countries terms of trade empirical studies provide ?
A. mixed evidence that does not substantiate the deterioration hypothesis
B. overwhelming support for the deterioration hypothesis
C. overwhelming opposition to the deterioration hypothesis
D. None of the above - To help its firms penetrate Mexico’s radio market suppose the Japanese government provides them a subsidy of $15 for each radio shipped to Mexico As a result of this trade policy ?
A. The price of radios in Mexico equals $60 and its imports equal 30 radios
B. The price of radios in Mexico equals $30 and its imports equal 30 radios
C. The price of radios in Mexico equals $40 and its imports equals 20 radios
D. Th price of radios in Mexico equals $20 and its imports equal 40 radios - The U.S has granted China permanent most favored nation treatment (normal trade relations) This means that the tariff schedules which apply to U.S imports from china ?
A. have tariff rates equal to zero suggesting a free trade policy for the United States
B. have lower tariff rates than the rates that apply to any other country sending goods to the United States
C. have tariff rates that are identical to the rates that apply to other countries to which the U.S grants most-favored nation treatment
D. have lower tariff rates than the rates that apply to other countries to which the U.S grants most favored nation treatment - Which of the following statements about trade policy is true ?
A. A country’s trade policy has no impact on the size of its trade balance
B. None of these answers
C. A restrictive import quota decreases a country’s net exports
D. A restrictive imports quota increases a country’s net exports - Following World War II the United States and other countries sought to liberalize trade among each other the first major postwar step toward trade liberalization was the ?
A. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
B. World Trade Organization
C. Smoot Hawley Organization
D. McKinley Agreement on Trade policy - The World Trade Organization is sometimes criticized for all of the following reasons except?
A. it reduces the sovereignty of member countries
B. favors free trade over the quality of the environment
C. it has no way to solve trade disputes among member countries
D. it is a puppet of multinational corporations - Criticisms against the North American Free Trade Agreement include all of the following except ?
A. wages in the United States will rise relative to Mexican wages
B. American jobs will be lost to workers in Mexico
C. The environment is not adequately protected by NAFTA
D. None of the above - Nontariff trade barriers could include all of the following except ?
A. domestic content laws
B. government procurement policies
C. health, safety, and environmental standards
D. antidumping/countervailing duties applied to imports
