Questions from Macroeconomics


Q: South Korea will reopen its market to most Canadian beef. South

South Korea will reopen its market to most Canadian beef. South Korea banned imports of beef in 2003 amid concerns over a case of mad cow disease. The ban closed what was then the fourth-largest marke...

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Q: Before 1995, trade between Canada and Mexico was subject to tariffs

Before 1995, trade between Canada and Mexico was subject to tariffs. In 1995, Mexico joined NAFTA and all Canadian and Mexican tariffs have gradually been removed. Explain how the price that Canadian...

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Q: The cost of protecting jobs in uncompetitive sectors through tariffs is high

The cost of protecting jobs in uncompetitive sectors through tariffs is high: Saving a job in the sugar industry costs American consumers $826,000 in higher prices a year; saving a dairy industry job...

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Q: Answer the following questions. a. What is the TPP

Answer the following questions. a. What is the TPP? b. Who in Canada would benefit and who would lose from a successful TPP? c. Illustrate your answer to part (b) with an appropriate graphical analysi...

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Q: Italy has dropped its resistance to an E.U. trade

Italy has dropped its resistance to an E.U. trade agreement with South Korea, which will wipe out $2 billion in annual duties on E.U. exports. Italians argued that the agreement, which eliminates E.U....

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Q: Describe the situation in the market for a good or service that

Describe the situation in the market for a good or service that Canada imports.

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Q: William Watson, an economics professor at McGill University, Montreal,

William Watson, an economics professor at McGill University, Montreal, says there’s nothing magical, mystical, or personal about job creation. It occurs when someone who wants to sell a product or ser...

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Q: Describe the situation in the market for a good or service that

Describe the situation in the market for a good or service that Canada exports.

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Q: Why is the net gain from international trade positive?

Why is the net gain from international trade positive?

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Q: Explain who gains and who loses from a tariff and why the

Explain who gains and who loses from a tariff and why the losses exceed the gains.

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