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International Terms
Armuchee International Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A cycle of increasing trade restrictions. | Trade War |
| A good that is brought in from another country for sale. | Import |
| A good that is sent to another country for sale. | Export |
| A limit on the amount of a good that can be imported. | Quota |
| A means of preventing a foreign product or service from freely entering a nation’s territory. | Trade Barrier |
| A tax on certain items purchased abroad. | Custom Duty |
| A tax on imported goods. | Tariff |
| The ability to produce a product most efficiently given all the other products that could be produced. | Comparative Advantage |
| The ability to produce more of a given product using a given amount of resources. | Absolute Advantage |
| The use of trade barriers to protect a nation’s industries from foreign competition. | Protectionism |
| A currency system in which governments try to keep the values of their currencies consistent against one and other. | Fixed Exchange Rate |
| A currency system that allows the exchange rate to be determined by supply and demand. | Flexible Exchange Rate |
| A decrease in the value of a currency. | Depreciation |
| Agreement that will eliminate all tariffs and other trade barriers between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. | NAFTA |
| An increase in the value of a currency. | Appreciation |
| Geopolitical trading block made up of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand | ASEAN |
| Organization whose goal is freer trade and lower tariffs worldwide. | World Trade Organization |
| Regional trade organization made up of some European countries. | EU |
| Results from cooperation between at least two countries to reduce trade barriers, in order to increase trade with each other. | International Free Trade Agreement |
| The value of a foreign nation’s currency in terms of the home nation’s currency. | Exchange Rate |