Economics MCQs

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Most of developing-country exports consist of ?
A. Primary products such as tin and bauxite
B. Intermediate products
C. Labor-intensive agricultural products
D. Labor-intensive manufacturing products
Developing countries that emphasize the production of raw materials or agricultural goods may realize a long-run deterioration in the international terms of trade because of ?
A. Relatively low import tariffs maintained by advanced countries
B. Highly elastic demand for these products in advanced countries
C. Declines in the supplies of these products on world markets
D. Sluggish demand for these products in advanced countries
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program allows ?
A. Developing country export to advanced countries to receive preferential tariff treatment
B. Developing country imports from advanced countries to receive preferential tariff treatment
C. Any developing country to ignore the most-favored nation clause
D. Any advanced country to ignore the most favored-nation clause
Concerning tariff policy, the United States does not charge?
A. Lower tariff rates on goods from nations with normal trade relation status
B. Lower tariff rates on goods from nations with most favored nation status
C. Low or zero tariffs on goods from certain developing countries
D. Identical tariff rates in products from all countries of the world
Among the institutions and policies that have been created to support developing countries are?
A. The world bank
B. The international monetary fund
C. The generalized system of preferences
D. All of the above
The arrangement where goods imported from trading partners in the developing world are subject to lower tariff rates than goods from other countries is referred to as ?
A. Normal trade relation status
B. Most favored nation status
C. Offshore assembly provisions
D. Generalized system of preferences
To be considered a a good candidate for an export cartel, a commodity should ?
A. Be a manufactured goods
B. Be a primary product
C. Have high price elasticity of supply
D. Have a low price elasticity of demand