Under free trade, the quantity of smartphones produced by local producers in Country A is 3563 per year and the quantity of smartphones bought in Country A is 98569 per year. After the imposition of an import quota of X units per year, the quantity of smartphones produced by local producers in the aforementioned country is 42862 per year and the quantity of smartphones bought in the aforementioned country is 66649 per year. What is the value of X?

A small country imports T-shirts. With free trade at a world price of $10, domestic production is 10 million T-shirts and domestic consumption is 42 million T-shirts. The country's government now decides to impose a quota to limit T-shirt imports to 20 million per year. With the import quota in place, the domestic price rises to $12 per T- shirt and domestic production rises to 15 million T-shirts per year. The quota on T- shirts causes domestic consumers to A) gain $7 million. B) lose $7 million. C) lose $70 million. D) lose $77 million

[India is the world’s largest consumer of sugar. Assume the world price for sugar is $750 per ton.] [Assume India currently has a tariff of $50 per ton on sugar and imports 7 million tons of sugar. Show this situation in a graph. Label the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied domestically and imports clearly on a graph. Explain your graph in 3-4 sentences. How to draw the graph?

12. If the free trade price is lIP and this country imposes a trade tariff of $3, what will be the resulting net welfare loss to the economy? a)$3 b)$27 C)$13.5 d)$40.5 e)$9 13. if the free trade price is IP and this country imposes an import quota of 6 units, what will be the welfare loss to this economy?    a)$3 b)$27 c)$13.5 d)$40.5 e)$18

Argentina and Brazil are considering the potential gains of trade. There is only one factor of production: labor. There are only two goods being produced in either economy: coffee and wine. Argentina can employ 10,000 hours of labor per month. Producing 1 lb. of coffee requires 2 hours of labor, and producing 1 bottle of wine requires 4 hours of labor, in Argentina. Similarly, Brazil can employ 10,000 hours of labor per month. Producing 1 lb. of coffee requires 1 hour of labor, and producing 1 bottle of wine requires 5 hours of labor, in Brazil. A). Which country has an absolute advantage in the production of coffee? B). Which country has an absolute advantage in the production of wine? C). Draw the Production Possibilities Frontier for the two countries.

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.