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1.Identify the four major types of economic flows that link the U.S. economy to those of other countries.
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Goods ans service flows or simple trade flows Capital and labor flows or resource flows information and technology flows financial flows |
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2.How does the U.S. compare to other countries in terms of the level of its exports?
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More money goes out imports than comes in exports. We are only 12% of a GDP as compared to 91% by belgium.
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3. a) Review trade patterns in Fig. 5-2. Which is greater? Our imports or our exports? Imports
b) What are the major categories of U.S. exports and imports in Table 5-2? c)Compare the two columns for any similarities. |
a) imports
B)Chemicals, petroleum C)Aircraft, chemicals, computers, generating equipment, automobiles |
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4.What countries do we do most of our trading with?
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Canada EU Mexico |
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5.Who is our largest trading partner?
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Canada |
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6.What is our trade situation with China?
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US import goods from china exceed export goods to china by 257 billion. |
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7.Does our dependence on foreign oil have any impact on U.S. international trade?
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yes, the US imports 174 billion in goods (maily oil) from OPEC members and only export 49 billion to those countries |
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8.What is the U.S.’s largest component of exports of services?
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Travel airlines |
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9.What three factors contributed to the rapid growth of international trade in the past 50 years?
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Transportation Technology Communication Technology General decline in Tariffs |
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10.Who are the top four countries involved in world trade?
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Germany, US, China, Japan JUGC |
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11.How much have China’s exports grown in the past 20 years?
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They went from a command economy to a free enterprise. Grown from 60 billion to 969 billion
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12.What is an “open economy”?
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One that includes the international sector, |
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13.When does a country have a “comparative advantage”?
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When you can make something cheaper in another country |
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14.Identify some benefits that result from specialization based upon the concept of comparative advantage.
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Natural resources- Better efficient use of the worlds natural resources both labor and product |
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15. What is the foreign exchange market? How are exchange rates determined?
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Where you exchange one currency for another. A market in which various national currencies are exchanged for one another, serves this need. curency fluctuates in response to supply and demandin the foreign exchange market. Fluctuates in response to suplly and demand changes The equilibrium price. |
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16.What happens when currencies appreciate or depreciate?***
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Appreciation of the dollar is an increase in the international value of a dollar relative to the currency of some other nation. Depreciation of the dollar is a decrease in the international value of the dollar relative to some other currency. |
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How do protective tariffs, import quotas, non-tariff barriers, and export subsidies differ? Who benefits or loses from each?
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Protective tariff- are excise taxes or duties placed on import goods\\\Import quotas- are limits on the quantities or total value of specific items that may be imported\\Non-tariff barriers- include onerous licensing requirements, unreasonable standards pertaining to product quality, or simply bureaucratic hurdles and delays in custom procedures: REDTAPE Export subsidies-consists of government payments to domestic producers of export goods. |
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What did the Smoot-Hawley Act try to achieve?
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Reduce imports and stimulate U.S. production |
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What is GATT?
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General Agreement on Tariff and Trade- provided a forum for the negotiation of reduced trade barriers on a multilateral basis among nations. |
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What is the World Trade Organization?
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Oversees trade agreements reached by the member nations and rules on trade disputes among them. |
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What is the EU?
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Regional free trade zone also called trade bloc |
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What is NAFTA?
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North American Free trade agreement- established a free trade zone that has about the same combined output as the EU but encompasses a much larger geographic area. It eliminated tariffs and other trade barriers between Canada, mexico and the us for most goods and services |
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What is offshoring? Identify some of its economic impact.
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Shifting work previously completed by Americans to workers in other nations |
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goods and service flow
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the US exports goods and services other nations ans imports same from them
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Capital and labor flows or resource flows
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the US firms establish production facilities in other countries and vise versa
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Information and technology flow
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the US transmits information to other nations about US products,prices, interest rate and investment opportunitiesand receives same.
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Financial Flow
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Money is transfered between the US and other countriesfor several purposes. paying note, buying foriegn assets
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