1.Consider the following scenario. Suppose that the free-trade price of a ton of steel is €500.Finland, a small country, imposes a €60-per-ton specific tariff on imported steel. With the tariff,Finland produces 300,000 tons of steel and consumes 600,000 tons of steel. As compared withfree trade, steel production has risen by ½ while steel consumption has fallen by 1/7.a.Draw two pictures of Finland's domestic market, one to illustrate the free-trade scenarioand one to illustrate the tariff scenario. Label all relevant prices and quantitiesb.Identify consumer surplus, producer surplus, tax revenue, and deadweight loss on eachgraph if they exist.

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Assume that Canada is an importer of televisions and that there are no trade restrictions. Canadian consumers buy 1.2 million televisions per year, of which 600,000 are produced domestically and 600,000 are imported. Suppose that a technological advance among Japanese television manufacturers causes the world price to fall $800 to $700. Draw a graph to show how this change affects the welfare of Canadian consumers and Canadian producers and how it affects total surplus in Canada. Label the diagram carefully to show all the areas using letters of alphabets. (Do not shade the areas). After the fall in price, consumers buy 1.4 million televisions, of which 400,000 are produced domestically and 1 million are imported. Calculate the change (this will be only the area either gained or lost by consumers and producers) in consumer surplus, producer surplus and total surplus due to price reduction. Provide numerical answers by calculating the area of change in surplus due to fall in…

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