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Suppose that in a day a worker in the United States can produce 10 bushels of corn or 2 shirts. In Russia a worker can produce 9 bushels of corn or 3 shirts in one day. Which of the following would benefit both the United States and Russia if trade occurred?
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- You are watching the nightly news. A political candidate being interviewed says, "I'm for free trade, but it must be fair trade. If our foreign competitors will not raise their environmental regulations, reduce subsidies to their export industries, and lower tariffs on their imports of our goods, we should retaliate with tariffs and import quotas on their goods to show them that we won't be played for fools!" If a foreign country subsidizes the production of a good exported to the United States, who bears the burden of their mistaken policy?You are watching the nightly news. A political candidate being interviewed says, "I'm for free trade, but it must be fair trade. If our foreign competitors will not raise their environmental regulations, reduce subsidiaries to their export industries, and lower tariffs on their imports of our goods, we should retaliate with tariffs and import quotas on there goes to show them that we won't be played for fools!" A) If a foreign country artificially lowers the cost of production for its producers with lax environmental regulations and direct subsidiaries and then exports the products to us, who gains and who loses in our country, producers or consumers? B) Continuing form part A above, does our country gain or lose? Why? C) If a foreign country subsidizes the production of a good exported to the United States, who bears the burden of their mistaken policy? D) What happens to our overall economic well-being if we restrict trade with a country that subsidizes its export industries?…Assume the United States is an importer of televisions and there are no trade restrictions. US consumers buy 1 million televisions per year, of which 400,000 are produced domestically and 600,000 are imported,a. Suppose that a technological advance among Japanese television manufacturers causes the world price of televisions to fall by $100. Draw a graph to show how this change affects the welfare of U.S. consumers and U.S. producers and how it affects total surplus in the United States.b. After the fall in price, consumers buy 1.2 million televisions, of which 200,000 are produced domestically and 1 million are imported. Calculate the change in consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total surplus from the price reduction. c. If the government responded by putting a $100 tariff on imported televisions, what would this do? Calculate the revenue that would be raised and the deadweight loss. Would it be a good policy from the standpoint of U.S. welfare? Who might support the policy?d.…
- Price $11.00 $7.50 $6.00 $4.00 D 4 6 12 15 Quantity The graph above shows the demand and supply of wrenches for the country of Spain. 5. If the world price is $4 per wrench, and the government of Spain imposes a tariff of $2, Spain produces and imports wrenches. 6. If the world price is $4 per wrench, and the government of Spain imposes a tariff of $2, how much tariff revenue will the Spain's government collect?The world has two countries, A and Z, which each produce two products, gadgets and whizbangs. Without world trade, the domestic price of gadgets in A is lower than the price of gadgets in Z. We can say that Country Z has a comparative advantage in gadgets and should be exporting them. Country Z should specialize in producing gadgets. Country A has a comparative advantage in gadgets and should be exporting them. Country A has a comparative advantage in whizbangs and should be importing them.Macmillan Learning The figure describes the Laotian market for cheese where free trade is allowed. Suppose the world price of cheese is so per pound and that Laos imposes an import tariff of $2 per pound on foreign cheese. Move the price line to describe the new price with the tariff and place the consumer surplus (CS) and producer surplus (PS) areas to describe the new welfare situation. Price of cheese (5 per pound) 222222. 18 16 12 10 O O Laotian market for cheese Domestic supply Price line Domestic demand 12 16 20 24 28 Quantity cheese (millions of pound) 36 32 40 CS PS
- The diagram below shows supply and demand curves for the same good in two countries, A and B. Based on the prices and areas labeled there, Country B P Country A P P3 d P a P D D O The autarky price in Country A is P2. O Country B has a comparative advantage in this good. Moving from autarky to free trade makes suppliers in Country A worse off by the amount a+b. O Moving from autarky to free trade makes demanders in Country B better off by the amount c+d.Trying to construct a graph that shows U.S. Demand curve for sugar. U.S. Supply curve for sugar. Show world price and U.S. price (show dollar values). Show quantity supplied by U.S. firms and U.S. sugar consumption on graph (show values). Quantity is in pounds. These values are on the attached files. Figure how many pounds of sugar are imported. This will be a value. Show it on the graph. Shade the area(s) of dead-weight loss on the graph (no value needed). Mark the area which is the revenue for foreign sugar producers—figure the dollar value and note it on the graph. Sugar consumption in the U.S. 2009-2019 Pounds(Billions) 2009 21.82 2010 22.48 2011 22.26 2012 22.92 2013 23.58 2014 23.80 2015 23.80 2016 24.20 2017 24.09 2018 24.20 2019 24.25 Sugar production in the U.S. 2009-2019 Pounds(Billions) 2009 15.87 2010 15.65 2011 16.97 2012 17.85 2013 16.97 2014 17.30 2015 17.98…Suppose that in the United States, producing an aircraft takes 10,000 hours of labor and producing a shirttakes 2 hours of labor. In China, producing an aircrafttakes 40,000 hours of labor and producing a shirttakes 4 hours of labor. What will these nations trade?a. China will export aircraft, and the United Stateswill export shirts.b. China will export shirts, and the United States willexport aircraft.c. Both nations will export shirts.d. There are no gains from trade in this situation.
- With its existing resources Country A can produce either 500 million bushels of wheat or 40 million cars. They are presently not engaged in trade and are choosing to produce and consume 375 million bushels of wheat and 10 million cars. The country decides to completely specialize in wheat production. They trade 100 million bushels of wheat in exchange for 12 million cars. After trade they can consume million more bushels of wheat and million more cars than they could before trade?Assume that Canada is an importer of televisions and that there are no trade restrictions. Canadian consumers buy 1.2 million televisions per year, of which 600,000 are produced domestically and 600,000 are imported. Suppose that a technological advance among Japanese television manufacturers causes the world price to fall $800 to $700. Draw a graph to show how this change affects the welfare of Canadian consumers and Canadian producers and how it affects total surplus in Canada. Label the diagram carefully to show all the areas using letters of alphabets. (Do not shade the areas). After the fall in price, consumers buy 1.4 million televisions, of which 400,000 are produced domestically and 1 million are imported. Calculate the change (this will be only the area either gained or lost by consumers and producers) in consumer surplus, producer surplus and total surplus due to price reduction. Provide numerical answers by calculating the area of change in surplus due to fall in…Assume Australia is an importer of sofas and there are no trade restrictions. Australian consumers buy 1 000 000 sofas per year, of which 450 000 are produced domestically and 550 000 are imported.a Suppose that a technological advance among Swedish sofa manufacturers causes the world price of sofas to fall by $200. Draw a graph to show how this change affects the welfare of Australian consumers and Australian producers, and how it affects total surplus in Australia.b After the fall in price, Australian consumers buy 1 150 000 sofas, of which 300 000 are produced domestically and 850 000 are imported. Calculate the change in consumer surplus, producer surplus and total surplus from the price reduction.c If the government responded by putting a $200 tariff on imported sofas, what would this do? Calculate the revenue that would be raised and the deadweight loss. Would it be a good policy from the standpoint of Australian welfare? Who might support the policy?d Suppose that the fall in…
