International trade represents, in most countries, a significant part of ___
Gross Domestic Product
Gross Initial Product
Gross Industrial Product
If Morocco produces a toy with a cost of 2 euros and a Spanish company needs to incur cost of 5 euros for the same toy ___
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The Moroccan company has an absolute advantage over the Spanish company
The Spanish company has an absolute advantage over the Moroccan company
We are going to suppose two countries. (Spain and Morocco) and two products (bycycle and computer). Morocco produces both products with less cost, but the difference (relative cost) won't be the same, that is, Morocco has an advantage in both but it's likely that the cost difference in the bibycle is greater since it's less mechanized. Thus, Spanish companies should focus their production on ___
Bikes
Computers
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Free trade is usually most strongly supported by the most economically ___ nations
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Weak
Powerful
Traditionally, manufacturing sectors in poor or developing countries often support ___ as a means of promoting still incipient or inmature businesses
Free trade
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Protectionism
The regulation of international trade is done through regional agreements such as MERCOSUR in ___
South America
South Africa
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Protectionism contrast with ___
Free trade
Mercantilism
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Most economists agree that the benefits of free trade, in form of consumers surplus (higher sales) and increased efficiency mainly due to foreign competition, are greater than job losses in the economy in at least a ___ margin
5 to 1
2 to 1
3 to 1
___ tariffs are rarely implemented
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Import
Export
In practice, ___ laws are usually used to impose trade tariffs on foreign exporters
Anti-dumping
Pro-dumping
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Export subsidies are the ___ export tariffs
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Opposite of
Same as
A government can intervene in the exchange market to lower the value of its currency. However, such policy will most likely lead to ___ in the country in the long run
Deflation
Inflation
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The ___ is a type of commercial policy that allows traders to act and trade without government interference
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Protectionism
Free trade
Free trade is, above all, for ___ goods
Non essential
Essential
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___ is the first phase of economic integration
The customs union
The preferential trade area
The free trade area
In the rules of origin, where there is a requirement for a ___ degree of contributions of local material and local added value transformation for imported goods. Goods that don't meet these requirements aren't authorized by the special treaty provided in the free trade area clauses
Maximum
Minimum
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___ is the fourth phase of economic integration
The preferential trade area
The economic and monetary union
The common market
An example of ___ is part of the European Union (19 countries)
Economic and monetary union
Common market
Customs union
The Uruguay Round was in the period ___
1990-2000
1986-1994
1992-1996
Decision making at the World Trade Organization is ___
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Easy, effective, representative and global
Complicated, ineffective, unrepresentative and not comprehensive
The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund is located in ___
Washington
New York
Delaware
The European Union was established on the foundations of the pre-existing ___
European Customs Union
European Economic Community
European Free Trade Association
___ acts as the executive arm of the EU
The European Parliament
The Council of the European Union
The European Commission
Members of the European Parliament sit ___
According to political groups
By their nationality
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The President and Vice-Presidents are elected by the Members of the European Parliament every ___
Five years
Two years and a half
Four years
In addition to its legislative functions, the Council of the European Union also exercises executive functions in relation to the Common and ___ Security Policy
Domestic
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Foreign
The Balance of Payments collects ___
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Payments made by our country to the rest of the world as a result of our imports of goods and services and of our purchases abroad of foreign financial assest
All income form the rest of the world (derived from exports of goods and services and foreign capital inflows from the sale of domestic financial assets