Intro to International Trade Review

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  • International Trade
    • Protectionism
      • Tarrifs
        • Tax charged on imported goods
          • Anti-dumping
      • Subsidies
        • Domestic firms become more competitive
      • Quotas
        • Physical limit on imports
      • Administrative barriers
        • "Red tape"
          • Paperwork or restricted borders
        • Health standards
          • Restrictions or methods of production to restrict imports
        • Embargoes
          • Complete ban as political punishment
            • Not common
      • Nationalistic campaigns
        • Marketing campaigns to encourage domestic consumption
    • Free Trade
      • When there are no barriers to trade; goods and services move freely through the economy
  • Lower prices
  • Greater choice
  • Difference in resources
  • Economies of scale
  • Increased competition
  • More efficient allocation of resources
  • Source of foreign exchange
  • Domestic employment (sunset industry)
  • Low-cost labour
  • Infant (sunrise) industry
  • Over-specialization
  • Strategy
  • Anti-dumping
  • Product standards
  • Government revenue
  • Balance of payments deficit
  • Chapter 21 - Why do countries trade?
  • Chapter 22 - Free trade and protectionism

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