Problem 1SCQ: Explain how a tariff reduction causes an Increase in the equilibrium quantity of imports and a... Problem 2SCQ: Explain how a subsidy on agricultural goods like sugar adversely affects the income of foreign... Problem 3SCQ: Explain how trade barriers save jobs in protected industries, but only by costing jobs in other... Problem 4SCQ: Explain how trade barriers raise wages in protected industries by reducing average wages... Problem 5SCQ: How does international trade affect working conditions of low-income countries? Problem 6SCQ: Do the jobs for workers in low-income countries that involve making products for export to... Problem 7SCQ: How do trade barriers affect the average Income level in an economy? Problem 8SCQ: How does the cost of saving jobs in protected industries compare to the workers wages and salaries? Problem 9SCQ: Explain how predatory pricing could be a motivation for dumping. Problem 10SCQ: Why do low-income countries like Brazil, Egypt, or Vietnam have lower environmental standards than... Problem 11SCQ: Explain the logic behind the race to the bottom argument and the likely reason it has not occurred. Problem 12SCQ: What are the conditions under which a country may use the unsafe products argument to block imports? Problem 13SCQ: Why is the national security argument not convincing? Problem 14SCQ: Assume a perfectly competitive market and the exporting country is small. Using a demand and supply... Problem 15SCQ: What is the difference between a free trade association, a common market, and an economic union? Problem 16SCQ: Why would countries promote protectionist laws, while also negotiate for freer trade... Problem 17SCQ: What might account for the dramatic increase in international trade over the past 50 years? Problem 18SCQ: How does competition, whether domestic or foreign, harm businesses? Problem 19SCQ: What are the gains from competition? Problem 20RQ: Who does protectionism protect? From what does it protect them? Problem 21RQ: Name and define three policy tools for enacting protectionism. Problem 22RQ: How does protectionism affect the price of the protected good in the domestic market? Problem 23RQ: Does international trade, taken as a whole, increase the total number of jobs, decrease the total... Problem 24RQ: Is international trade likely to have roughly the same effect on the number of jobs in each... Problem 25RQ: How is international trade, taken as a whole, likely to affect the average level of wages? Problem 26RQ: Is international trade likely to have about the same effect on everyones wages? Problem 27RQ: What are main reasons for protecting infant industries? Why is it difficult to stop protecting them? Problem 28RQ: What is dumping? Why does prohibiting it often work better in theory than in practice? Problem 29RQ: What is the race to the bottom scenario? Problem 30RQ: Do the rules of international trade require that all nations impose the same consumer safety... Problem 31RQ: What is the national interest argument for protectionism with regard to certain products? Problem 32RQ: Name several of the international treaties where countries negotiate with each other over trade... Problem 33RQ: What is the general trend of trade barriers over recent decades: higher, lower, or about the same? Problem 34RQ: If opening up to free trade would benefit a nation, then why do nations not just eliminate their... Problem 35RQ: Who gains and who loses from trade? Problem 36RQ: Why is trade a good thing if some people lose? Problem 37RQ: What are some ways that governments can help people who lose from trade? Problem 38CTQ: Show graphically that for any tariff, there is an equivalent quota that would give the same result.... Problem 39CTQ: From the Work It Out Effects of Trade Barriers, you can see that a tariff raises the price of... Problem 40CTQ: If trade barriers hurt the average worker in an economy (due to lower wages), why does government... Problem 41CTQ: Why do you think labor standards and working conditions are lower in the low-income countries of the... Problem 42CTQ: How would direct subsidies to key industries be preferable to tariffs or quotas? Problem 43CTQ: How can governments identify good candidates for infant industry protection? Can you suggest some... Problem 44CTQ: Microeconomic theory argues that it is economically rationale (and profitable) to sell additional... Problem 45CTQ: How do you think Americans would feel if other countries began to urge the United States to increase... Problem 46CTQ: Is it legitimate to impose higher safety standards on imported goods that exist in the foreign... Problem 47CTQ: Why might the unsafe consumer products argument be a more effective strategy (from the perspective... Problem 48CTQ: Why might a tax on domestic consumption of resources critical for national security be a more... Problem 49CTQ: Why do you think that the GAIT rounds and, more recently, WTO negotiations have become longer and... Problem 50CTQ: An economic union requires giving up some political autonomy to succeed. What are some examples of... Problem 51CTQ: What are some examples of innovative products that have disrupted their industries for the better? Problem 52CTQ: In principle, the benefits of international trade to a country exceed the costs, no matter whether... Problem 53CTQ: Economists sometimes say that protectionism is the second-best choice for dealing with any... Problem 54CTQ: Trade has income distribution effects. For example, suppose that because of a government-negotiated... Problem 55P: Assume two countries, Thailand (T) and Japan (J), have one good: cameras. The demand (d) and supply... Problem 56P: You have just been put in charge of trade policy for Malawi. Coffee is a recent crop that is growing... Problem 57P: The country of Pepperland exports steel to the Land of Submarines. Information for the quantity... format_list_bulleted