Assume that you have been hired by an International Organization to be consulted on various issues that the country Motherland faces. For this exercise, assume that Motherland is a small agricultural economy. The biggest trading partner of Motherland is the United States. Unlike Motherland, the United States is a large industrial country. Assume Motherland imports electronics from the United States. The government of Motherland is considering to impose quotas on these electronics imports coming from the United States. Would you recommend it? Explain your answer. In your explanation, distinguish the effect on the consumers of electronics, the domestic producers of electronics and the government.Your explanation should not exceed 200 words.

Q1: Using a domestic-market demand- and supply-curve graph, (a) show the impact of tariff on a small country's import price, domestic demand, domestic supply, import quantity, consumer surplus, producer surplus, government revenue, and total welfare; (b) Is the country unambiguously worse off as a result of the tariff? (c) In the same graph, show how to achieve the same import quantity with an import quota; (d) When would the tariff and the import quota lead to the same amount of welfare change? (e) How would the answers to (a) and (b) change for a large country?

1. a) An import tariff will government revenue, and producer surplus, overall domestic national welfare. A) increase; decrease; increase; have an ambiguous effect on B) increase; decrease; decrease; decrease b) An export subsidy will government revenue, and C) increase; decrease; have no effect on; have an ambiguous effect on D) increase; decrease; have no effect on; decrease E) increase; increase; decrease; have an ambiguous effect on consumer surplus,, producer surplus, overall domestic national welfare. A) increase; decrease; increase; have an ambiguous effect on B) increase; decrease; decrease; decrease consumer surplus, C) increase; decrease; have no effect on; have an ambiguous effect on D) increase; decrease; have no effect on; decrease E) increase; increase; decrease; have an ambiguous effect on c) An import quota will government revenue, and A) increase; decrease; increase; have an ambiguous effect on B) increase; decrease; decrease; decrease C) increase; decrease; have no…

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Identify a product that is exported from the United States.

The imposition of a tariff on foreign goods is more likely to decrease producer surplus of the domestic firms competing with those foreign firms on whom the tariff is imposed. True or False

Summarize the arguments in support of restricting imports.

Now, suppose that Island is a large exporting country with the following demand and supply functions and the free-trade world price is $5,000 per unit. D = 900,000 − 150P and S = 100,000 + 50P The Island government offers an export subsidy that increases the domestic market price to $5,500 and lowers the world price to $4,500. However, starting next month, the Island government will be removing the export subsidy in compliance with the latest international trade pact.   A. What is the impact of the removal of the subsidy on domestic consumers?   B. What is the change in producer surplus due to the movement to free trade?   C. What is the net effect of moving to free trade on Island welfare?

Examine the welfare and trade impacts of a large-country import quota.

If the president of the United States wishes to implement protectionist policies, which one of the following can be employed? Group of answer choices A) Lower export subsidies. B) Place high tariffs on imported goods. C) Agree to "most favored nation" clauses. D) Remove quotas on imported goods. E) Reduce required labelling regulations on imported goods.