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Chapter- 7 international Business Management

Free trade
a tax leveled on imports that effectively raises the cost of imported products relative to domestic products.
Why do governments impose tariffs
leveled as a fixed charge for each unit of a good imported.
Ad valorem tariffs
leveled as a proportion of the value of the imported good.
Why do governments impose tariffs
increase government revenues, provide protection to domestic procedures against foreign competitors by increasing the cost of imported foreign goods, and to force consumers to pay more for certain imports.
a government payment to a domestic producer.
import quota
a direct restriction on the quantity of a good that can be imported into a country.
Tariff rate quota
lower tariff rates applied to imports within the quota than those over the quota.
Voluntary export restraint (VER)
a quota on trade imposed from the exporting country's side, instead of the importer's, usually imposed at the request of the importing country's government.
Quota rent
extra profit producers makes when supply is artificiality limited by an import quota.
Local content requirement
Administrative trade policies
selling goods in a foreign market below their cost of production.
Antidumping policies
designed to punish foreign firms that engage in dumping.
Why do governments intervene in trade
political arguments and economic arguments.
Political arguments
concerned with protecting the interests of certain groups within a nation, protecting jobs and industries, national security, retaliation, protecting consumers, and furthering foreign policy objectives.
Economic arguments
concerned with protecting the interests of certain groups within a nation, often at the expense of other groups, the infant industry argument and strategic trade policy.