Exam 33: Trade Policy
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Canada is a net importer of durable consumer goods (washing machines,refrigerators,etc.).If Canada,a small country in global markets,imposes a 15% tariff on these goods,it will cause
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The diagram below shows the domestic demand and supply curves for denim jeans in Canada.The prevailing world price is PW.Assume that all jeans are identical.
FIGURE 33-2 Refer to Figure 33-2.Suppose Canada has free trade in jeans and then imposes a tariff of $t per pair.Canada's production will then be at the quantity

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An agreement among a group of countries that allows for tariff-free trade among the members but leaves each member free to levy its own tariffs on imports from other countries is called a
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The diagram below shows the domestic demand and supply curves for cotton towels in Canada.The prevailing world price of cotton towels is PW.Assume that all cotton towels are identical.
FIGURE 33-3 Refer to Figure 33-3.If Canada imposes a tariff of $t per cotton towel,the Canadian government's tariff revenues will be equal to the area

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The diagram below shows the demand and supply curves for refrigerators in Canada.
FIGURE 33-1 Refer to Figure 33-1.At the price P0,the quantity of refrigerators supplied to the Canadian market by domestic Canadian producers is

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Canada is a net importer of durable consumer goods (washing machines,refrigerators,etc.).If Canada initially has no tariffs and it then imposes a 15% tariff on these goods,we would expect to observe
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Suppose five countries in Central America agree that products are to be freely traded across their borders,they will share a common set of import duties,and that the flow of people will continue to be restricted.This is an example of a
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The diagram below shows the domestic demand and supply curves for denim jeans in Canada.The prevailing world price is PW.Assume that all jeans are identical.
FIGURE 33-2 Refer to Figure 33-2.Suppose Canada has free trade in jeans and then imposes a tariff of $t per pair.The deadweight loss to the Canadian economy is represented by the area

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What is typically the main objective of protectionist trade policies?
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Consider the following statement: "Canadians on average are worse off when some manufacturing jobs migrate from Canada to low-wage countries in Central America." This statement is ________ because ________.
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Consider trade between country A and country B.If country A has wages that are substantially less than those in country B,
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The diagram below shows the domestic demand and supply curves for cotton towels in Canada.The prevailing world price of cotton towels is PW.Assume that all cotton towels are identical.
FIGURE 33-3 Refer to Figure 33-3.If the Canadian government imposes a quota on imported cotton towels of the amount (Q3 - Q2),then foreign producers' revenues from their sales in Canada will be equal to the area

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The diagram below shows the demand and supply curves for refrigerators in Canada.
FIGURE 33-1 Refer to Figure 33-1.Suppose P0 is the world price.If Canada imposes a tariff causing the price of refrigerators in Canada to rise from P0 to P1,the consequence would be that

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The effect of an import tariff on a specific imported good on (domestic)consumer and producer surplus can be summarized as follows:
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The diagram below shows the domestic demand and supply curves for denim jeans in Canada.The prevailing world price is PW.Assume that all jeans are identical.
FIGURE 33-2 Refer to Figure 33-2.Suppose Canada has free trade in jeans and then imposes a tariff of $t per pair.Canadian jean producers' revenues will increase by the area equal to

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Suppose Canada has a 12% tariff on foreign-made cotton clothing.If the tariff is raised to 20%,there will be a ________ in the Canadian price of cotton clothing,________ profits for domestic producers,and ________ in deadweight loss.
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According to the infant-industry argument for trade protection,a new small industry
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Trade-remedy policies commonly used to achieve a "level playing field" are
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Any policy designed to benefit domestic industries at the expense of foreign export industries is called
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