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
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose that tomatoes from Mexico face a 20 percent tariff in the United States and a 25 percent tariff in Canada. If the United States and Canada maintain free trade between each other, the these two countries belong to a ?
A. free-trade area
B. customs union
C. common market
D. monetary union - Suppose there is no tariff on imported inputs and the ratio of the value of imported inputs the value of the final product is 0.5 If the nominal tariff rate on the final product is 10 percent, the effective tariff rate equals ?
A. 5 percent
B. 10 percent
C. 15 percent
D. 20 percent - Tariff levels in advanced countries tend to be __________ tariff levels in developing countries?
A. higher than
B. equal to
C. lower than
D. there is no general pattern - If the world price of steel is $500 a ton a specific tariff $50 is equivalent to an ad valorem tariff of______________?
A. 5 percent
B. 10 percent
C. 15 percent
D. 20 percent - Suppose that the nominal tariff rate on finished computers is 12 percent and that the weighted average of the nominal tariff rates on the inputs used in producing computers is 18 percent. Thus, the effective rate of protection for the computer industry must ?
A. be less than 12 percent and can be negative
B. be less than 12 percent but must be greater than zero
C. equal 6 percent
D. exceed 30 percent - In the early eighties, the Federal Reserve pursed a tight monetary policy. All else being equal. the impact of that policy was to interest rates in the United States relative to those in Europe and cause the dollar to _______ against European currencies?
A. decrease; depreciate
B. decrease; appreciate
C. increase; depreciate
D. increase; appreciate - Concerning import tariffs of the United States empirical studies tend to conclude that these tariffs are ?
A. Progressive and thus bear down on the wealthy
B. regressive and thus bear down on the poor
C. proportional and thus bear down on all consumers in the same manner
D. deflationary and thus result in reductions in the price of imports - Concerning a government’s trade policy, all the following generally apply except ?
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 - Suppose that the offshore assembly provisions (OAP) of the United States are granted to finished computers that are imported and produced domestically This policy will tend to ?
A. cause foreign assemblers of computers to use more computer components that are supplied by countries other than the United States
B. Increase the Price of computers to consumers in the United States
C. Increase the Production of computers in the United States
D. Increase the production of computer components in the United States - Canada France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The United Kingdom and United States are ?
A. G-7 countries
B. countries with highest productivity growth in the world since 1960
C. countries with decreasing TFP growth since 1990s
D. countries with the lowest information technology equipment and software index prices