If President Biden announced a ban on all U.S. imports (to protect U.S. industries) in January 2022, what impact it might have on American's lives?

The U.S. economy relies heavily on international trade. Choose two transactions at random that result from international trade; one where purchases are made from another country and one where the U.S. sends a product to another country. Identify the impact of each of these on imports, exports, net imports, and net exports at the time the transaction takes place.     For example, if you purchase a product online that is made in and shipped from Italy to you in the United States what is the effect on the U.S. economy in these four categories at the time of the transaction?    In addition, there has been a lot of news in recent years surrounding tariffs. Exactly what is a tariff and what is the impact of tariffs on international trade? Who pays the cost of tarffs?

Suppose that the U.S. increases its tariffs on all imported goods. Obviously, this will have an impact on the amount of U.S. imports. What indirect effect will this have on U.S. exports – and why?

Do you think that the United States should phase out dependence on imported oil?

THE SHRINKING STEEL INDUSTRY Few industries have been harder hit by rising imports – and have made greater demands at the political level – than the steel industry. Its persistence apparently paid off when, in March 2002, George W. Bush agreed to impose a tariff of up to 30% on steel imports. The steel industry claimed that was barely enough to offset the combination of a stronger dollar and ‘‘dumping’’ by steel companies around the world because of a glut of excess capacity. It also requested, but did not receive, money from the government to pay the retirement and healthcare benefits for those pensioners who had received generous benefits when the industry was profitable. Without jettisoning this cost, the industry claimed, it could not consolidate and hence become competitive against worldwide competition. The positive impacts of such a move to employers and shareholders of the steel industry are obvious. But what about the negative impacts?…

If the United States produces 8 automobiles and Canada produces 2 automobiles and the United States produces 8 units of lumber and Canada produces 4 units of lumber, should the U. S. trade with Canada? If so, what should be imported and what should be exported?

Consider the following information pertaining to a country's imports, consumption, and production of t-shirts following the removal of Multi Fiber Agreement (MFA) quotas: Under After МFA МFA World Price ($/shirt) Domestic Price (S/shirt) Domestic Consumption (millions of shirts) Domestic Production (millions of shirts) 2.00 2.00 2.50 2.00 100 125 75 50 a. Use the information in the table above to graph the effects of the quota removal on domestic consumption and production. Include a companion graph for the world market like that shown in class. b. The deadweight loss associated with the quota is: c. The quota rents that were earned under the quota are: d. The gain in consumer surplus associated with quota removal is: e. The loss in producer surplus from the removal of the quota is: f. Assuming that the foreign government assigned the quota licenses, the amount the home country gained from removal of the quota is: 4.