International Trade
Aperçu
No country produces everything it consumes, and no country consumes only what it produces. Coffee grown in one climate reaches breakfast tables on the other side of the world; a country with no oil fields still fills its cars with petrol. International trade lets countries specialise in what they are relatively best at producing and exchange the rest, and the economic case for this, comparative advantage, is one of the oldest and most powerful ideas in the subject.
In this lesson you will learn why countries trade, why governments sometimes restrict trade instead, the tools they use to do it, and how trading blocs and the World Trade Organization shape the pattern of world trade today.
Objectifs
- Advantages and disadvantages of free trade, including lower prices and increased choice for consumers, lower input costs, wider markets for businesses, foreign competition harming domestic businesses, increasing unemployment
- Reasons for protection: prevent dumping, protect employment, protecting infant industries, to gain tariff revenue, protect consumers from unsafe products, reducing current account deficits, retaliation
- Methods of protection: tariffs, quotas, subsidies, advantages and disadvantages of each method of protection, supply and demand diagrams to show tariffs, quotas and subsidies
- Modern trading blocs: impact of trading blocs on member and non-member countries, examples of trading blocs
- Role of the World Trade Organization (WTO): actions by the WTO
- Trade patterns of developed and developing countries
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- A country has a comparative advantage in a good if it can produce that good: A) In larger quantities than any other country B) At a lower opportunity cost than another country C) Using more resources than another country D) Only for domestic consumption Answer: B
- Which of the following is a method used to protect a domestic industry from foreign competition? A) Comparative advantage B) A tariff C) Free trade D) Trade liberalisation Answer: B
- Unlike a tariff, a quota: A) Raises significant revenue for the government B) Sets a physical limit on the quantity of imports rather than taxing them C) Always lowers domestic prices D) Cannot affect the quantity of imports Answer: B
- A customs union differs from a free trade area because a customs union: A) Removes all trade barriers between members only B) Also sets a common external tariff on non-member countries C) Allows completely free movement of labour and capital D) Uses a single shared currency Answer: B
- Which organization's main role is to negotiate the reduction of trade barriers and settle trade disputes between countries worldwide? A) The World Trade Organization B) A regional trading bloc C) A central bank D) A multinational corporation Answer: A
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How Governments Enact Trade Policy: Globally, Regionally, and Nationally
Explain the origin and role of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
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