Question 1 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Although the trade deficit in the U.S. peaked in 1987 at more than $170 billion, by the end of 1992, the annual deficit rate was still running about Your Answer: 125 billion. Correct Answer: 80 billion. Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 196 Question 2 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) By far, the oldest economic argument for government intervention into the free flow of trade is the __________ argument. Your Answer: proprietary industry Correct Answer: infant industry Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 190 Question 3 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) Administrative trade policies are bureaucratic rules that are designed to make it easy for imports to enter a country. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 185 Question 4 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) __________ are the oldest and simplest instrument of trade policy. Your Answer: Tariffs Correct Answer: Tariffs Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 180 Question 5 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Tariffs increase the overall efficiency of the world economy because a protective tariff encourages domestic firms to produce products at home, in theory, which could be produced more efficiently abroad. Your Answer: false Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 181 Question 6 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Local content regulations have been widely used by _____to shift their manufacturing base from the simple assembly of products whose parts are manufactured elsewhere into the local manufacture of component parts. Your Answer: developed nations Correct Answer: developing nations Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 7 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) What is the ultimate objective of antidumping policies? Your Answer: Protect host governments from the loss of legitimate tax revenue Correct Answer: Protect domestic producers from “unfair” foreign competition Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 186 Question 8 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) From the point of view of a domestic producer of parts going into a final product, local content requirements provide protection in the same way an import quota does: by limiting foreign competition. Your Answer: false Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 9 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Both import quotas and VERs benefit ______ by limiting import competition, but they result in higher prices, which hurts __________. Your Answer: foreign producers, governments Correct Answer: domestic producers, consumers Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 184 Question 10 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) If Westvaco decided to produce paper in Spain, and the Spanish government stipulated that 50% of the component parts that went into Westvaco's paper must be produced locally, that requirement would be an example of a(n) Your Answer: ad valorem content requirement. Correct Answer: local content requirement. Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 1 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) __________ are the oldest and simplest instrument of trade policy. Your Answer: Tariffs Correct Answer: Tariffs Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 180 Question 2 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The Uruguay Round of the GATT agreement lasted for: Your Answer: seven years Correct Answer: seven years Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 196 Question 3 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Countries sometimes argue that it is important to protect certain industries for reasons of national security. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 187 Question 4 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) The D'Amato Act is legislation that allows Americans to sue foreign firms that use property in Cuba confiscated from them after the 1959 revolution. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 190 Question 5 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Consumers are benefited by quotas. Your Answer: false Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 184 Question 6 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) The __________ is legislation that is similar to the Helms-Burton Act, but is aimed at Libya and Iran. Your Answer: Perkin's Act Correct Answer: D'Amato Act Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 190 Question 7 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) A quota on trade imposed by the exporting country, typically at the request of the importing country's government is referred to as a(n) Your Answer: voluntary export restraint. Correct Answer: voluntary export restraint. Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 183 Question 8 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) According to the textbook, Paul Krugman, a professor at MIT, predicts that a country that attempts to use strategic trade policy to establish a domestic firm (or firms) in a dominant position in a global industry will probably Your Answer: succeed fairly smoothly. Correct Answer: provoke retaliation. Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 193 Question 9 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) By far, the oldest economic argument for government intervention into the free flow of trade is the __________ argument. Your Answer: infant industry Correct Answer: infant industry Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 190 Question 10 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The WTO's policing and enforcement mechanisms are having ______ on world trade, according to the textbook. Your Answer: a positive effect Correct Answer: a positive effect Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 197 Question 1 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) According to _______, subsidies can help a firm achieve a first-mover advantage in an emerging industry. Your Answer: strategic trade policy Correct Answer: strategic trade policy Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 183 Question 2 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) __________ status allows countries to export goods to the U.S. under favorable terms. Your Answer: Most favored nation Correct Answer: Most favored nation Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 190 Question 3 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) A direct restriction on the quantity of some good that may be imported into a country is an import quota. Your Answer: false Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 183 Question 4 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Governments typically pay for subsidies by: Your Answer: issuing new currency Correct Answer: taxing individuals Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 183 Question 5 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) An import quota is a direct restriction on the quantity of some good that may be Your Answer: subsidized by a country. Correct Answer: imported into a country. Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 183 Question 6 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) GATT rules had applied only to manufactured goods and commodities until the Uruguay Round. Your Answer: false Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 196 Question 7 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) ______ is the main effect of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agricultural products. Your Answer: Farm subsidies will be reduced Correct Answer: Farm subsidies will be reduced Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 196 Question 8 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Some would argue that (the) _______ is the master of administrative trade policies. Your Answer: United States Correct Answer: Japan Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 186 Question 9 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) In general, what are two types of arguments for government intervention into the free flow of trade? Your Answer: Patriotic and sociocultural Correct Answer: Political and economic Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 186-187 Question 10 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) The infant industry argument is the oldest economic argument for government intervention. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 191 Question 1 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Local content requirements benefit the _____ of component parts, but they raise prices of imported components, which hurts ______. Your Answer: producers, consumers Correct Answer: producers, consumers Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 185 Question 2 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) The GATT has not yet recognized the infant industry argument as a legitimate reason for protectionism. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 191 Question 3 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Both import quotas and VERs benefit ______ by limiting import competition, but they result in higher prices, which hurts __________. Your Answer: domestic producers, consumers Correct Answer: domestic producers, consumers Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 184 Question 4 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) If Westvaco decided to produce paper in Spain, and the Spanish government stipulated that 50% of the component parts that went into Westvaco's paper must be produced locally, that requirement would be an example of a(n) Your Answer: local content requirement. Correct Answer: local content requirement. Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 5 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Bureaucratic rules that are designed to make it difficult for imports to enter a country are referred to as Your Answer: administrative trade policies. Correct Answer: administrative trade policies. Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 186 Question 6 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Tariffs cause the most damage to __________, according to the author of the textbook, because this group bears the economic brunt of tariffs. Your Answer: consumers Correct Answer: consumers Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 181 Question 7 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) From the point of view of a domestic producer of parts going into a final product, local content regulations provide protection in the same way an import quota does: Your Answer: by increasing tariffs Correct Answer: by limiting foreign competition Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 185 Question 8 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) The main gains from subsidies benefit importers, whose international competitiveness is increased as a result of them. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 183 Question 9 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) A direct restriction on the quantity of some good that may be imported into a country is an import quota. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 183 Question 10 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Countries sometimes argue that it is important to protect certain industries for reasons of national security. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 187 Question 1 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Which of the following is not a component of the Uruguay Round agreement? Your Answer: Agricultural subsidies will be substantially reduced. Correct Answer: Tariffs on industrial goods will be increased by more the one-half Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 196 Question 2 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) _______ arguments for government intervention into international trade are typically concerned with boosting the overall wealth of a nation. Your Answer: Economic Correct Answer: Economic Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 187 Question 3 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) In general, what are two types of arguments for government intervention into the free flow of trade? Your Answer: Political and economic Correct Answer: Political and economic Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 186-187 Question 4 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Advocates of strategic trade policy favor the use of __________ to help domestic firms achieve a dominant position in those industries where economies of scale are important and the world market is not large enough to profitably support more than a few firms (e.g. aerospace, semiconductors). Your Answer: tariffs Correct Answer: subsidies Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 183 Question 5 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Some would argue that (the) _______ is the master of administrative trade policies. Your Answer: Japan Correct Answer: Japan Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 186 Question 6 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Local content regulations have been widely used by _____to shift their manufacturing base from the simple assembly of products whose parts are manufactured elsewhere into the local manufacture of component parts. Your Answer: 1st world countries Correct Answer: developing nations Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 7 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The __________ is legislation that is similar to the Helms-Burton Act, but is aimed at Libya and Iran. Your Answer: D'Amato Act Correct Answer: D'Amato Act Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 190 Question 8 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) The Corn Laws Your Answer: were repealed after record harvests in Britain. Correct Answer: placed a high tariff on corn imported into Britain. Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 194 Question 9 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) The infant industry argument is the oldest economic argument for government intervention. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 191 Question 10 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Trade barriers __________ the costs of exporting products to a country. Your Answer: raise Correct Answer: raise Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 206 Question 1 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The __________ is legislation that is similar to the Helms-Burton Act, but is aimed at Libya and Iran. Your Answer: D'Amato Act Correct Answer: D'Amato Act Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 190 Question 2 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) A direct restriction on the quantity of some good that may be imported into a country is an import quota. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 183 Question 3 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) The Helms-Burton Act was designed to protect the jobs of Europe's politically powerful farmers by restricting imports and guaranteeing prices. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 190 Question 4 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Which of the following refers to a situation where a government does not attempt to restrict what its citizens can buy from another country or what they can sell to another country? Your Answer: Free trade Correct Answer: Free trade Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 180 Question 5 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Lowering production costs helps domestic producers Your Answer: gain export markets. Correct Answer: gain export markets. Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 182 Question 6 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The ______ was created to arbitrate trade disputes and monitor the trade policies of member countries as a result of the Uruguay Round agreement. Your Answer: World Trade Organization Correct Answer: World Trade Organization Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 197 Question 7 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) __________ are the oldest and simplest instrument of trade policy. Your Answer: Tariffs Correct Answer: Tariffs Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 180 Question 8 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Perhaps the most common political argument for government intervention into the free flow of trade is that Your Answer: it is necessary for protecting jobs and industries from foreign competition. Correct Answer: it is necessary for protecting jobs and industries from foreign competition. Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 187 Question 9 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) An industry that has long operated with import quotas is the textile industry. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 10 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) __________ are levied as a fixed charge for each for each unit of a good imported. Your Answer: General tariffs Correct Answer: Specific tariffs Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 181 Question 1 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) While __________ tariffs are levied as a fixed charge for each unit of a good imported, __________ tariffs are levied as a proportion of the value of the imported good. Your Answer: specific, ad valorem Correct Answer: specific, ad valorem Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 181 Question 2 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Governments sometimes use trade policy to support their foreign policy objectives. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 190 Question 3 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) The Helms-Burton Act was designed to protect the jobs of Europe's politically powerful farmers by restricting imports and guaranteeing prices. Your Answer: false Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 190 Question 4 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) An industry that has long operated with import quotas is the textile industry. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 5 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) ________ arguments challenge the rationale for unrestricted free trade found in the work of classic trade theorists such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Your Answer: Economic justification Correct Answer: Economic justification Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 193 Question 6 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) Against the background of rising pressures for protectionism, in 1986 the members of the GATT embarked on their eighth round of negotiations to reduce tariffs, the Brussels Round. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 196 Question 7 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) From the point of view of a domestic producer of parts going into a final product, local content requirements provide protection in the same way an import quota does: by limiting foreign competition. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 8 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Aimed at avoiding rising unemployment by protecting domestic industry and diverting consumer demand away from foreign products, the ______ tariff erected an enormous wall of tariff barriers. Your Answer: Heckscher-Ohlin Correct Answer: Smott-Hawley Act Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 195 Question 9 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) Antidumping duties are often called: Your Answer: special circumstance duties Correct Answer: countervailing duties Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 186 Question 10 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) One of the most famous examples of a(n) __________ is the limitation on auto exports to the United States enforced by Japanese automobile producers in 1981. Your Answer: involuntary import restraint Correct Answer: voluntary export restraint Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 183 Question 1 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Consumers are benefited by quotas. Your Answer: false Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 184 Question 2 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) Administrative trade policies are bureaucratic rules that are designed to make it easy for imports to enter a country. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 185 Question 3 True/False 0 of 1 point(s) The extra profit that producers make when supply is artificially limited by an import quota is referred to as a quota subsidy. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: false Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 184 Question 4 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) A quota on trade imposed by the exporting country, typically at the request of the importing country's government is referred to as a(n) Your Answer: voluntary export restraint. Correct Answer: voluntary export restraint. Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 183 Question 5 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Ad valorem tariffs are levied as a proportion of the value of the imported good. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 181 Question 6 Multiple Choice 0 of 1 point(s) According to our textbook, there are __________ economic arguments for supporting unrestricted free trade. Your Answer: no Correct Answer: strong Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 194 Question 7 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) What demands that some specific fraction of a good be produced domestically? Your Answer: Local content requirement Correct Answer: Local content requirement Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 184 Question 8 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Which of the following is not a component of the Uruguay Round agreement? Your Answer: Tariffs on industrial goods will be increased by more the one-half Correct Answer: Tariffs on industrial goods will be increased by more the one-half Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 196 Question 9 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) The infant industry argument is the oldest economic argument for government intervention. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 191 Question 10 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Although the trade deficit in the U.S. peaked in 1987 at more than $170 billion, by the end of 1992, the annual deficit rate was still running about Your Answer: 80 billion. Correct Answer: 80 billion. Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 196 Question 1 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Governments typically pay for subsidies by taxing individuals. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 183 Question 2 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Trade barriers __________ the costs of exporting products to a country. Your Answer: raise Correct Answer: raise Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 206 Question 3 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) Ad valorem tariffs are levied as a proportion of the value of the imported good. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 181 Question 4 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Local content requirements benefit the _____ of component parts, but they raise prices of imported components, which hurts ______. Your Answer: producers, consumers Correct Answer: producers, consumers Feedback: Difficulty: HardPage: 185 Question 5 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) Some would argue that (the) _______ is the master of administrative trade policies. Your Answer: Japan Correct Answer: Japan Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 186 Question 6 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) From the point of view of a domestic producer of parts going into a final product, local content regulations provide protection in the same way an import quota does: Your Answer: by limiting foreign competition Correct Answer: by limiting foreign competition Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 185 Question 7 True/False 1 of 1 point(s) In regard to tariffs, consumers lose because they must pay more for certain imports. Your Answer: true Correct Answer: true Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 181 Question 8 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) An import quota is a direct restriction on the quantity of some good that may be Your Answer: imported into a country. Correct Answer: imported into a country. Feedback: Difficulty: EasyPage: 183 Question 9 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) ______ is the main effect of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agricultural products. Your Answer: Farm subsidies will be reduced Correct Answer: Farm subsidies will be reduced Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 196 Question 10 Multiple Choice 1 of 1 point(s) The ______ was created to arbitrate trade disputes and monitor the trade policies of member countries as a result of the Uruguay Round agreement. Your Answer: World Trade Organization Correct Answer: World Trade Organization Feedback: Difficulty: MediumPage: 197