International Trade and World Output BUS230 Unit 2 Individual Project Antoinette R. Hillary AIU Online September 11‚ 2010 Abstract International trade is the exchange of products around the world through imports and exports that allows consumers around the world to obtain products and services that they cannot obtain in their own countries. If international trading between countries was to stop each country would suffer many losses which would be explained in this paper. The Relation
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INSTRUMENTS OF TRADE POLICY 1. TARIFFS – is a tax levied on imports or export. Specific tariffs – are levied as a fixed charged for each unit of a good imported. Ad valorem tariffs – are levied as a proportion of the value of the imported good. 2. SUBSIDIES – is a government payment to a domestic producer. Subsidies help domestic producers in two ways: they help them compete against low-cost foreign imports they help them gain export markets 3. IMPORT QUOTAS – is a direct restriction
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International Trade "Technology" refers to the way in which resources are converted into commodities. This is such a basic feature of an economic model‚ whether of a closed or open economy‚ that any discussion of the "role" of technology in the theory of trade must be arbitrarily incomplete. In what follows I have tried to cast the net widely and deal with several aspects of technology in the theory of international trade. Technology
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In spite of the strong theoretical case that can be made for free international trade‚ every country in the world has erected at least some barriers to trade. Trade restrictions are typically undertaken in an effort to protect companies and workers in the home economy from competition by foreign firms. A protectionist policy is one in which a country restricts the importation of goods and services produced in foreign countries. The India‚ for example‚ uses protectionist policies to limit the quantity
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of the endless opportunities of much more beneficial trade relations with several other key players who will have great influence over the Global international trade traffic ‚ in the near future. Overlooking the rocket growth emerging economies ‚ with all the export opportunities lying within ‚ in favor of the European Union ‚ which will impose greater restrictions and trade rules regulations on Canadian products than any other possible trade partners ‚ such as The Trans-Pacific partnership countries
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE International trade allows countries to exchange good and services with the use of money as a medium of exchange. Several advantages can be identified with reference to international trade. However international trade does have its limitations as well. Discussed below are both advantages and disadvantages of international trade. Advantages • Greater variety of goods available for consumption – international trade brings in different varieties
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a purely domestic firm? a. International business is the most common method firms conduct business. MNCs incur large agency costs in monitoring managers of distant foreign subsidiaries. Second‚ foreign subsidiary managers raised in different cultures may not follow uniform goals. Third‚ the sheer size of the MNCs would also create large agency problems. 2. Comparative Advantage a. Explain how the theory of comparative advantage relates to the need for international business. i. It suggests that
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advantageous position tends to pursue a free trade policy. At that time‚ the principal function of tariffs is tax collection. By contrast‚ a country with weak economy and lying in a disadvantageous position tends to pursue policy protectionism. Under such circumstances‚ Tariff protection may become the most important or even major function to governments. So high tariffs will barrier the imported goods and hinder the development of international trade. Moreover‚ with the heavy government intervention
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International Trade Project 1. Describe the benefits and disadvantages of specialisation at regional and national levels. Economics is about the production‚ distribution and consumption of goods. A key decision facing workers‚ firms and nations is what goods to produce. The economic concept of specialisation helps answer this question. Under specialisation‚ economic actors concentrate their skills on tasks at which they are the most skilled. For the same reasons entire countries have specialized
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1-Multiple choice 1. Benefits of international trade are a. limited to tangible goods. b. limited to intangible goods. c. limited to all goods but not services. d. limited to services. e. not limited to any of the above categories. 2. The gravity model explains why a. trade between Sweden and Germany exceeds that between Sweden and Spain. b. countries with oil reserves tend to export oil. c. capital rich countries export capital intensive products. d. intra-industry trade is relatively more important
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