When Americans start exporting more, in the short run we tend to see the price level and equilibrium output O fall; fall O rise; fall O rise; rise O fall; rise

Figure: World Imports Domeste dend The imposition of a $20 tariff would generate a valur of lost gains from trade of O S45. O S0. O S70 091S O

6. The arguments for restricting trade Suppose there is a policy debate regarding the United States' Imposing trade restrictions on Imported semiconductors. Read the following scenario and answer the question that follows. A senator from a state with several semiconductor factories argues that the United States should threaten to impose a tariff on Chinese semiconductors in order to induce the Chinese to remove its tariff on American cars. Which of the following justifications is the senator using to argue for the trade restriction on semiconductors? O Jobs argument O National-security argument O Unfair-competition argument O Using-protection-as-a-bargaining-chip argument O Infant-industry argument

Consider a smopec in the market for bread. The domestic equilibrium price without trade would be above the world market price. If the country imposes a tariff on imports, this would lead to O No changes, because the world price would go above the domestic equilibrium price O Consumer gaining surplus O Producers gaining surplus O An increase in total welfare