Concerning import tariffs of the United States empirical studies tend to conclude that these tariffs are ?

With free trade the total value of imports would equal ?

A. $100,000 units

B. $400,000 units

C. $600,000 units

D. $800,000 units

Concerning a government’s trade policy, all the following generally apply except ?

A. economic downturn and recession generally result in greater protectionism

B. because domestic consumers outnumber domestic producer’s policy markers usually enact Free-trade policies to satisfy the consumer majority:

C. When domestic exporting companies are organized, policy tends to favor freer trade

D. Policy tends to favor freer trade in countries whose imports are inputs into critical industries

Suppose that the nominal tariff rate on finished computers is 12 percent and that the weighted average of the nominal tariff rates on the inputs used in producing computers is 18 percent. Thus, the effective rate of protection for the computer industry must ?

A. be less than 12 percent and can be negative

B. be less than 12 percent but must be greater than zero

C. equal 6 percent

D. exceed 30 percent

Suppose that Pakistan imposes a tariff on ballpoint pens of 25 rupees per pen plus 12 percent of the pen’s value, this is an example of a (an) ?

A. specific tariff

B. ad valorem tariff

C. compound tariff

D. effective tariff

If the world price of steel is $500 a ton a specific tariff $50 is equivalent to an ad valorem tariff of______________?

A. 5 percent

B. 10 percent

C. 15 percent

D. 20 percent