A country will gain relatively more from trade when: A. trade is regulated. B. the world price is below the country's opportunity cost of the good. C. the world price is close to the country's opportunity cost of the good. D. the world price is much greater than the country's opportunity cost for the good.

From the Work It Out Effects of Trade Barriers, you can see that a tariff raises the price of imports. What is interesting is that the price rises by less than the amount of the tariff. Who pays the rest of the tariff amount? Can you show this graphically?

In principle, the benefits of international trade to a country exceed the costs, no matter whether the country is importing or exporting. In practice, it is not always possible to compensate the losers in a country, for example, workers who lose their jobs due to foreign imports. In your opinion, does that mean that trade should be inhibited to prevent the losses?