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Foreign Trade Global

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. International agency that administers trade agreements - settles trade disputes b/w governments - organizes trade negotiation - & provides technical assistance & training for developing countries






2. The primary concern w/ these nations is the ____________ needs - not just the _________






3. Agreement signed in 1993 to reduce tariffs b/w the U.S. - Canada - & Mexico






4. True flexibility ________ enable the modern modified ____ enterprise economy to better deal w/ the unforeseen events of the _______






5. High _______ were one of the primary causes associated w/ the Great __________ - yet the _____ has moved toward ____ trade ever since the






6. ___________ argue _________ can't be controlled until economic __________ to pollute are removed






7. Most countries uses a system of ________ or ________ exchange rates - meaning that ______ & ______ determine the nation's ________ value






8. The goods & services that a nation produces & then sells to other nations






9. Today there are 1.2 _______ people who make less than $_ a day






10. Deprived nations face the same ________ large nations encounter - just on a greater _____






11. Tax placed on an imported product






12. The national _______ for economic ________ has recommended a 5 point approach to _______ making & the final step is cost benefit ________






13. Selling products outside of the country for less than it costs to produce them at home






14. Malthus didn't take into account the advancement of _________ that would effect all of the factors






15. Situation occurring when the value of a nation's exports exceeds the value of its imports






16. The ____ was established in 1947 & evolved into the World _____ Organization which now tries to open nations up to _____ & settle ________






17. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade






18. Programs including pollution _____ & pollution _______ are designed to give firms the ________ not to ________






19. Modern _________ is suited to meet the economic _____ of the people






20. Government confiscation of private or foreign owned goods w/o compensation






21. Prohibition on the export or import of a product






22. ______ was created to open up free trade b/w the ____ - ______ - & ______






23. System under which the value of currencies were fixed in relation to one another






24. Person who would protect domestic producers w/ tariffs - quotas - & other trade barriers






25. It was the oil _______ of the early ____s that pushed the U.S. to seek out new sources of ______






26. Other resources that are becoming more __________ due to the population ____ are _____ & ____






27. [FIB] Most widely used non renewable _________ of today: ___ - _______ gas - ____






28. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________






29. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions






30. Free _______ believe that all of the protectionists _________ are flawed - due to the restriction that it places on the ________






31. The ___ & the World ____ are the 2 major international ________ that help w/ ___________






32. Some smaller ______ use a fixed ____ that ties their value to that of other major _________






33. The goods & services that a nation buys from other nations






34. More than ___ years ago - it was predicted by _______ _______ the problems that would be associated w/ developing _______ : high ______ rates - _____ - threat of a subsistence ________ of ______






35. System that relies on supply & demand to determine the value of one currency in terms of another






36. Balance of payments outcome when spending on imports exceeds revenues received from exports






37. Trade law allowing a third country to enjoy the same tariff reductions the U.S. negotiates w/ another country






38. State in which a society produces barely enough to support itself






39. [FIB] barriers to international trade:






40. Legislation is passed on a continuing basis as it continues to ____ & demand immediate _________






41. [FIB] U.S. sources of energy: ______________ power - _______ - ______ power - ____ power - _______






42. Barriers have been used to _______ the flow of products to _______ across the ______






43. [FIB] Protectionists support trade barriers on the basis of:






44. A fundamental knowledge of ________ is key to understand our modern _______ b/c __________ has become the dominant economic ______ today






45. Group of countries that have agreed to reduce trade barriers among themselves - but lack a common tariff barrier for nonmembers






46. Mixture of 90% unleaded gasoline & 10% grain alcohol






47. Group of 10 Southeast Asian nations working to promote regional cooperation - economic growth - & trade






48. _________ is an expanding problem that ___________ seek to find answer to






49. Absolute _________ means that a country can produce more of a ____ than another country can






50. If people & _______ specialize in the things they _______ relatively more efficiently - & if they engage in _____ to secure the things they do no produce then total world ______ will increase